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Lu 10:38 Strong Concordance Now [1161] it came to pass [1096], as [1722] they [846] went [4198], that [2532] he [846] entered [1525] into [1519] a certain [5100] village [2968]: and [1161] a certain [5100] woman [1135] named [3686] Martha [3136] received [5264] him [846] into [1519] her [846] house [3624].
  King James Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
MARTHA AND MARY. (Luk 10:38-42)

certain village--Bethany (Joh 11:1), which Luke so speaks of, having no farther occasion to notice it.

received him . . . her house--The house belonged to her, and she appears throughout to be the older sister.
 
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1 Now [1161] a certain [5100] man was [2258] sick [770], named Lazarus [2976], of [575] Bethany [963], [1537] the town [2968] of Mary [3137] and [2532] her [846] sister [79] Martha [3136].
38 Now [1161] it came to pass [1096], as [1722] they [846] went [4198], that [2532] he [846] entered [1525] into [1519] a certain [5100] village [2968]: and [1161] a certain [5100] woman [1135] named [3686] Martha [3136] received [5264] him [846] into [1519] her [846] house [3624].
39 And [2532] she [3592] had [2258] a sister [79] called [2564] Mary [3137], which [3739] also [2532] sat [3869] at [3844] Jesus [2424]' feet [4228], and heard [191] his [846] word [3056].
40 But [1161] Martha [3136] was cumbered [4049] about [4012] much [4183] serving [1248], and [1161] came to him [2186], and said [2036], Lord [2962], dost [3199] thou [4671] not [3756] care [3199] that [3754] my [3450] sister [79] hath left [2641] me [3165] to serve [1247] alone [3441]? bid [2036] her [846] therefore [3767] that [2443] she help [4878] me [3427].
41 And [1161] Jesus [2424] answered [611] and said [2036] unto her [846], Martha [3136], Martha [3136], thou art careful [3309] and [2532] troubled [5182] about [4012] many things [4183]:
42 But [1161] one thing [1520] is [2076] needful [5532]: and [1161] Mary [3137] hath chosen [1586] that good [18] part [3310], which [3748] shall [851] not [3756] be taken away [851] from [575] her [846].
1 And [2532] when [3753] they drew nigh [1448] unto [1519] Jerusalem [2414], and [2532] were come [2064] to [1519] Bethphage [967], unto [4314] the mount [3735] of Olives [1636], then [5119] sent [649] Jesus [2424] two [1417] disciples [3101],
1 Now [1161] a certain [5100] man was [2258] sick [770], named Lazarus [2976], of [575] Bethany [963], [1537] the town [2968] of Mary [3137] and [2532] her [846] sister [79] Martha [3136].
40 But [1161] Martha [3136] was cumbered [4049] about [4012] much [4183] serving [1248], and [1161] came to him [2186], and said [2036], Lord [2962], dost [3199] thou [4671] not [3756] care [3199] that [3754] my [3450] sister [79] hath left [2641] me [3165] to serve [1247] alone [3441]? bid [2036] her [846] therefore [3767] that [2443] she help [4878] me [3427].
11 And [2532] it came to pass [1096], as [1722] he [846] went [4198] to [1519] Jerusalem [2419], that [2532] he [846] passed [1330] through [1223] the midst [3319] of Samaria [4540] and [2532] Galilee [1056].
22 And [2532] he went [1279] through [2596] the cities [4172] and [2532] villages [2968], teaching [1321], and [2532] journeying [4160] [4197] toward [1519] Jerusalem [2419].
29 And [2532] it came to pass [1096], when [5613] he was come nigh [1448] to [1519] Bethphage [967] and [2532] Bethany [963], at [4314] the mount [3735] called [2564] the mount of Olives [1636], he sent [649] two [1417] of his [846] disciples [3101],
2 There [1563] [3767] they made [4160] him [846] a supper [1173]; and [2532] Martha [3136] served [1247]: but [1161] Lazarus [2976] was [2258] one [1520] of them that sat at the table [4873] with him [846].
18 Now [1161] Bethany [963] was [2258] nigh [1451] unto Jerusalem [2414], about [5613] fifteen [1178] furlongs [4712] off [575]:
1 Now [1161] a certain [5100] man was [2258] sick [770], named Lazarus [2976], of [575] Bethany [963], [1537] the town [2968] of Mary [3137] and [2532] her [846] sister [79] Martha [3136].