cumbered

Compare Lu 10: 39, Mary; Lu 2: 37, "Anna ... a widow, who departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day" (1Ti 5: 5). distraction -- the same Greek as "cumbered" (Lu 10: 40, Martha).

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

Even in her early youth, what essential aid may an affectionate daughter render to a mother, "cumbered," perhaps, and overburthened with the cares of her household.

"She Hath Done What She Could," or the Duty and Responsibility of Woman; a Sermon, Preached in the Chapel of St. Mary's School, by the Rector, and Printed for the Pupils at Their Request 1851

He cumbered our life with his presence, and ours was a rough life that made rough men of us.

That Dead Men Rise Up Never 2010

The skilled and steady employments are not cumbered with clowns and idiots.

THE TRAMP 2010

Perhaps that is why I hated him, for truly he had become an offense to my eyes, and I believed the earth to be cumbered with his presence.

MOON-FACE 2010

He cumbered our life with his presence, and ours was a rough life that made rough men of us.

THAT DEAD MEN RISE UP NEVER 2010

I think efficiency in many ways is cumbered and inhibited by meaning.

Lesson from the First Semester in Bogota « Unknowing 2010

The middle distance was cumbered with bodies, but the rest surged on, breaking against and over the barricade like an ocean wave.

THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS 2010

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.

The Better Part 2008

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.

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