And Jesus answered. — The better MSS. give, “And the Lord answered.” (See Note on Luke 7:13.)
Martha, Martha. — We note a special tenderness of reproof in the two-fold utterance of the name, of which this and the like iteration of “Simon, Simon,” in Luke 22:31, are the only examples in our Lord’s recorded utterances during His earthly ministry. (Comp. “Saul, Saul,” in Acts 9:4.)
Thou art careful. — The verb is the same as the “take thought” of Matthew 6:25, and throws light upon the meaning of that phrase.