The Importance of Hospitality in Middle Eastern Culture

On a cultural level, in the Middle Eastern culture, hospitality is everything. If you have a guest, they are most important. They got to take care of their guests. There's an expectation. So on a cultural level here, like I understand exactly what's happening, it would have been so appropriate. But she's agitated. She's distracted. You can get this scene. Like Mary's sitting there on the floor and Martha's in the kitchen just whipping up the hummus. And in this moment, she goes and she tells Jesus. Why don't you can't make this stuff up?