Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
It is not said of Mary simply that she sat near Jesus, but at His feet, to show her diligence, steadfastness, and zeal, in hearing, and the great reverence which she had for our Lord.