asjesus and his disciples were on their way, asjesus and his disciples were on theirway, he asjesus andge where a woman named martha opened her home to him. she had a sister called mary who sat at the lord's feet listening to what he said. but martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. she came to him and asked, lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? tell her to help me. martha, martha, the lord answered. you are worried and upset about many things but few things are needed. or indeed onlyi mary has chosen what is better and it will not be taken from her. they encountered jesus again. a man named lazarus was sick from bethany, the village of mary and her sister martha. this is sent word tojesus. lord, the one you love is sick. when he had this, jesus said, this sickness will not end in death. no, it is for god's glory so that god and his son may be glorified through it. jesus loved martha and her sister and lazarus so when he heard that lazarus was sick, he stayed there for two more days and then said to his disciples, let us go