1 Timothy 5:17-18 Part 2 of 2

The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching. For Scripture says, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain," and "The worker deserves his wages." 

For Scripture says, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain," 
Deuteronomy 25:4  Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
1 Corinthians 9:7-9  Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk? Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn't the law say the same thing? For it is written in the Law of Moses: "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." 

and, "The worker deserves his wages." 
Luke 10:7  "Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house." 
Leviticus 19:13  " 'Do not defraud or rob your neighbor. Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.' "
Deuteronomy 24:14-15  Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. Pay them their wages each day at sunset, because they are poor and are counting on it. Otherwise they may cry to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. 
Matthew 10:9-10  "Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts--no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep." 
1 Corinthians 9:13-14  Don't you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar? In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel. 

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