Luke 10:7
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7 Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house.(A)
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1 Timothy 5:17-18
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17 Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor,[a] especially those who labor in preaching and teaching,(A) 18 for the scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain” and “The laborer deserves to be paid.”(B)
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- 5.17 Or compensation
Matthew 10:10-11
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10 no bag for your journey, or two tunics, or sandals, or a staff, for laborers deserve their food.(A) 11 Whatever town or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you leave.
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3 John 5-8
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5 Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brothers and sisters, even though they are strangers to you;(A) 6 they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on in a manner worthy of God,(B) 7 for they began their journey for the sake of Christ,[a] accepting no support from nonbelievers.[b](C) 8 Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we may become coworkers with the truth.
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2 Timothy 2:6
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6 It is the farmer who does the work who ought to have the first share of the crops.
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Deuteronomy 12:18-19
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18 these you shall eat in the presence of the Lord your God at the place that the Lord your God will choose, you together with your son and your daughter, your male and female slaves, and the Levites resident in your towns, rejoicing in the presence of the Lord your God in all your undertakings.(A) 19 Take care that you do not neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.(B)
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Galatians 6:6
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6 Those who are taught the word must share in all good things with their teacher.(A)
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1 Corinthians 9:4-15
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4 Do we not have the right to our food and drink?(A) 5 Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife,[a] as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?(B) 6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?(C) 7 Who at any time pays the expenses for doing military service? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not get any of its milk?(D)
8 Do I say this on human authority? Does not the law also say the same? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned?(E) 10 Or does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was indeed written for our sake, for whoever plows should plow in hope and whoever threshes should thresh in hope of a share in the crop. 11 If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we harvest material[b] things?(F) 12 If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we still more?
Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.(G) 13 Do you not know that those who work in the temple service get their food from the temple and those who serve at the altar share in what is sacrificed on the altar?(H) 14 In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.(I)
15 But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this so that they may be applied in my case. Indeed, I would rather die than that—no one will deprive me of my ground for boasting!
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Luke 9:4
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4 Whatever house you enter, stay there, and leave from there.
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Mark 6:10
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10 He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place.
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1 Timothy 5:13
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13 Besides that, they learn to be idle, gadding about from house to house, and they are not merely idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not say.(A)
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Acts 16:34
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34 He brought them up into the house and set food before them, and he and his entire household rejoiced that he had become a believer in God.(A)
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Acts 16:15
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15 When she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home.” And she prevailed upon us.(A)
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Philippians 4:17-18
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17 Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the profit[a] that accumulates to your account.(A) 18 I have been paid in full and have more than enough; I am fully satisfied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.(B)
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- 4.17 Gk fruit
Acts 16:40
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40 After leaving the prison they went to Lydia’s home, and when they had seen and encouraged the brothers and sisters there, they departed.(A)
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Deuteronomy 12:12
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12 And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you together with your sons and your daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levites who reside in your towns (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).(A)
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