You are worried and troubled over so many things. The Africans have a proverb: "Don't sell your elephant to buy medicine for your cat. " But just one is needed. The important thing was the "bread of life." Mary has chosen the right thing. Jesus can be with them only a short time, and it is not too important whether he gets a feast or a piece of bread. But his teaching will stay with them all their lives, and so it has the greatest importance! We must learn to classify things according to their importance. If something must go undone, it ought to be of less importance.

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