Easter week-3

Luke 10:38- "Now it came to pass, as they went, that [Jesus] entered into a village; and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.  And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.  But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.  And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things; But one thing is needful; and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her."

"There was no reproof of  Martha's desire to provide well; nor any sanction of possible neglect on Mary's part.  We must suppose that Mary had been a willing helper before the master's arrival; but now that He had come, she chose to remain with Him.  Had she been culpably neglectful of her duty, Jesus would not have commended her course.  He desired not well-served meals and material comforts only, but the company of the sisters, and above all their receptive attention to what He had to say.  He had more to give them than they could possibly provide for Him.  Jesus loved the two sisters and their brother as well.  Both these women were devoted to Jesus, and each expressed herself in her own way.  Martha was a practical turn, concerned in material service; she was by nature hospitable and self-denying.  Mary, contemplative and more spiritually inclined, showed her devotion through the service of companionship and appreciation." (Talmage, Jesus the Christ, p. 433)

Moroni 10:8- "And again, I exhort you...that ye deny not the gifts of God, for they are many; and they come from the same God.  And there are different ways that these gifts are administered; but it is the same God who worketh all in all; and they are given by the manifestations of the Spirit of God unto men, to profit them."