Why is Martha mad, and what does this story mean? As we seek to discover the significance of this story unique to Luke's gospel, we will experiment in "turning the gem" of the passage to understand the different ways it might speak to us today.

“Let your house be a meeting place for the rabbis,

and cover yourself in the dust of their feet,

and drink in their words thirstily.”

- Yose Ben Yoezer -

Second Century BC