10:38–42 The point of this episode is simple and relates in some ways to the parable that precedes it: It is more important to hear and obey the word of Jesus than to be busy with other matters, even though they may be commendable of themselves. It would have been far better for Martha to have made simpler and less time-consuming preparations in order, like her sister Mary, to learn from the Lord. Likewise, the priest and the Levite of the Parable of the Good Sa…