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We have already seen that the contrast between Martha and Mary of Bethany may be taken in more ways than one, and that it is possible to look at the sisters as complementary, what is strong in the one character balancing what is weak in the other, and so giving us a woman that is according to the full stature of womanhood in Christ. Let us now dismiss from our minds the idea of comparison. Let us take Martha by herself and Mary by herself. Enough is told us in the Gospels to make each of them a profitable study.
Taking Martha first, we notice that of the three occasions on which we see the sisters in their home in Bethany, Martha is prominent on the first two occasions, but is merely mentioned as present-and characteristically serving-on the third occasion. We may therefore leave that incident to Mary in which she has the leading place. We shall thus look first at Martha's Faults and then at Martha's Faith.