As Jesus taught the gathered brothers and Martha boiled and baked their dinner, Mary eavesdropped in the anteroom. Her dying mother’s warning words clanged clearly in her memory – “Obey your sister. She has learned the ways and duties of a woman.” She’d learned her sister’s lessons well and knew a woman’s place was not to sit and listen and be taught. But when she heard the voice of Jesus call to her above the din of Martha’s boiling pots and pans, she made her choice decisively – took off her apron and traditions, and walked in.
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