But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
But Martha was cumbered [or 'distracted' periespato (G4049 )] about much serving, and came to him, х epistasa (G2186)] - presenting herself, as from another apartment, in which her sister had "left her to serve, or make preparation, alone";
And said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? - `Lord, here am I with everything to do, and this sister will not lay a hand to anything; thus I miss something from Thy lips, and Thou from our hands.' Bid her therefore that she help me. She presumes not to stop Christ's teaching by calling her sister away, and thus leaving Him without His rapt auditor, nor did she hope perhaps to succeed if she had tried.