Luke 7:44

7:44 Then, 1  turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house. You gave me no water for my feet, 2  but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

Luke 10:40

10:40 But Martha was distracted 3  with all the preparations she had to make, 4  so 5  she came up to him and said, “Lord, don’t you care 6  that my sister has left me to do all the work 7  alone? Tell 8  her to help me.”

1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

2 sn It is discussed whether these acts in vv. 44-46 were required by the host. Most think they were not, but this makes the woman’s acts of respect all the more amazing.

3 sn The term distracted means “to be pulled away” by something (L&N 25.238). It is a narrative comment that makes clear who is right in the account.

4 tn Grk “with much serving.”

5 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that the following was a result of Martha’s distraction.

6 tn The negative οὐ (ou) used with the verb expects a positive reply. Martha expected Jesus to respond and rebuke Mary.

7 tn Grk “has left me to serve alone.”

8 tn The conjunction οὖν (oun, “then, therefore”) has not been translated here.