1 Corinthians 9:8-10

New American Standard Bible

⁸ I am not just asserting these things ^(A)according to human judgment, am I? Or does the Law not say these things as well? ⁹ For it is written in the Law of Moses: “^(B)You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing.” God is not concerned about ^(C)oxen, is He? ¹⁰ Or is He speaking entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written ^(D)for our sake, because ^(E)the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing in the crops.