Jesus certainly praised the activity of Martha’s sister, Mary, but he didn’t say that what Martha was doing was worthless.
In the Gospels, Martha isn’t given the most positive profile. She does all that she can for Jesus, and somehow is “rebuked” for it?
What’s really happening?
First, we need to see how St. Luke frames the situation:
Now as they went on their way, he entered a village; and a woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened
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