1 Corinthians 9:7-9

American Standard Version

⁷ What soldier ever serveth at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? ⁸ Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same? ⁹ For it is written in the law of Moses, ^[a]Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Is it for the oxen that God careth,