And which of you by worrying can add an hour to his life?

But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things,

So if you cannot do such a very little thing as this, why do you worry about the rest?

So do not be overly concerned about what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not worry about such things.

But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.

As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

Therefore be resolved not to rehearse ahead of time how to make your defense.

Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

Now Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was happening, and he was thoroughly perplexed, because some people were saying that John had been raised from the dead,

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