Animals would have to be slaughtered for meat. The woman of the house would have had to grind grain, bake bread, milk the goats and make cheese and curds. Each day women walked to a well to obtain water needed for food preparation and general household tasks. The preparation of food would not have been easy. Proverbs 31:10-27 gives an outline of tasks that a woman would have been expected to perform in taking care of the household. There were also women who traveled with Jesus ( Mark 15:40-41). In Luke 10 Jesus sent out 72 people to travel ahead of him. It could have included some of the many others who travelled with Jesus. This could have meant Jesus and the twelve apostles. Martha was showing great hospitality when she opened her home to Jesus and the other disciples. Friendship is such an important part of a child’s life and knowing Jesus had friends will help them better relate to him. Your students will probably enjoy hearing about the fact that Jesus had special friends. He stopped to see them again, one last time, at the beginning of the last week before his crucifixion ( John 12:1-3). After today’s story we read about them again when Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead ( John 11:1-44). Mary, Martha and their brother, Lazarus are good friends of Jesus ( John 11:5). Bethany is on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives and is about two miles from Jerusalem. It takes place in the village of Bethany. Only Luke records this event in the life of Jesus.
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