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It is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.”(A) Is God concerned about oxen, 10 or is he not really speaking for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope, and the thresher in hope of receiving a share.(B) 11 If we have sown spiritual seed for you, is it a great thing that we reap a material harvest from you?(C)

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For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.”[a](A) Is it about oxen that God is concerned?(B) 10 Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us,(C) because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.(D) 11 If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut. 25:4