⁸ I am not saying these things according to a human perspective. Or does the law not also say these things? ⁹ For in the law of Moses it is written, “You must not muzzle an ox while it^[a] is threshing.”^[b] It is not about oxen God is concerned, is it?^{[c] 10} Or doubtless does he speak for our sake^[d]? For it is written for our sake^[e], because the one who plows ought to plow in hope and the one who threshes ought to do so in hope of a share. ¹¹ If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too great a thing if we reap material things from you?

¹³ Do you not know that those performing the holy services eat the things from the temple, and those attending to the altar have a share with the altar? ¹⁴ In the same way also the Lord ordered those who proclaim the gospel to live from the gospel.