Contradiction with Matthew 26:40
This verse emphasizes sleep and unawareness, which contradicts Martha’s prompt action to meet Jesus in John 11:20.
Matthew 26:40: Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak.
Contradiction with Luke 10:40
Martha is described as being cumbered with much serving, not showing the same immediacy in going to Jesus as in John 11:20.
Luke 10:40: 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.
Contradiction with John 11:6
Jesus delays his arrival on purpose, which contrasts with Martha's urgency in John 11:20.
John 11:6: When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
Contradiction with James 1:22
This verse advises against merely hearing the word and not acting, while Martha acts without instruction to meet Jesus in John 11:20.
James 1:22: But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.