1 Timothy 5:18 (WEB)
For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”
Catechism · 1
“"The laborer deserves his food."” — Catechism footnote: Mt 10:10; cf. Lk 10:7; 2 Cor 9:5-18; 1 Tim 5:17-18.
Fathers and councils · 3
Augustine of Hippo
“How much more easily then do we take the Angels themselves, the messengers of truth, to be oxen, when Evangelists by the participation of their title are called oxen?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ix. 9; 1 Tim. v. 18.
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Jerome
““Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn,” and “the labourer is worthy of his reward.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. v. 18.
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Clement of Alexandria
“And the same law commands “not to muzzle the ox which treadeth out the corn: for the labourer must be reckoned worthy of his food.”” — editor's note: Deut. xxv. 4; 1 Tim. v. 18.
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Cross-references · 18
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Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cited together in Catechism §2122.
Cited together in Catechism §2122.
Cited together in Catechism §2122.
Cited together in Catechism §2122.
Cited together in Catechism §2122.
Cited together in Catechism §2122.
Cited together in Catechism §2122.
Cited together in Catechism §2122.
Cited together in Catechism §2122.
Cited together in Catechism §2122.
Cited together in Catechism §2122.
Cited together in Catechism §2122.
Cited together in Catechism §2122.
Parallel passages
1 Corinthians 9:9 and 1 Timothy 5:18 share the same wording (9 words).
Quotes
1 Timothy 5:18 takes up the words of Deuteronomy 25:4 (11 words in common).