Bible Cross References
from the twentieth
Nehemiah 2:1
One day four months later, when Emperor Artaxerxes was dining, I took the wine to him. He had never seen me look sad before,
Nehemiah 13:6
While this was going on, I was not in Jerusalem, because in the thirty-second year that Artaxerxes was king of Babylon I had gone back to report to him. After some time I received his permission
I and my
1 Corinthians 9:4-15
4
Don't I have the right to be given food and drink for my work?
5
Don't I have the right to follow the example of the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Peter, by taking a Christian wife with me on my trips?
6
Or are Barnabas and I the only ones who have to work for our living?
7
What soldiers ever have to pay their own expenses in the army? What farmers do not eat the grapes from their own vineyard? What shepherds do not use the milk from their own sheep?
8
I don't have to limit myself to these everyday examples, because the Law says the same thing.
9
We read in the Law of Moses, "Do not muzzle an ox when you are using it to thresh grain." Now, is God concerned about oxen?
10
Didn't he really mean us when he said that? Of course that was written for us. Anyone who plows and anyone who reaps should do their work in the hope of getting a share of the crop.
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We have sown spiritual seed among you. Is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?
12
If others have the right to expect this from you, don't we have an even greater right? But we haven't made use of this right. Instead, we have endured everything in order not to put any obstacle in the way of the Good News about Christ.
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Surely you know that the men who work in the Temple get their food from the Temple and that those who offer the sacrifices on the altar get a share of the sacrifices.
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In the same way, the Lord has ordered that those who preach the gospel should get their living from it.
15
But I haven't made use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this now in order to claim such rights for myself. I would rather die first! Nobody is going to turn my rightful boast into empty words!
1 Corinthians 9:18-15
2 Thessalonians 3:8
We did not accept anyone's support without paying for it. Instead, we worked and toiled; we kept working day and night so as not to be an expense to any of you.
2 Thessalonians 3:9
We did this, not because we do not have the right to demand our support; we did it to be an example for you to follow.
the bread
Ezra 4:13
Your Majesty, if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, the people will stop paying taxes, and your royal revenues will decrease.
Ezra 4:14
Now, because we are under obligation to Your Majesty, we do not want to see this happen, and so we suggest
Romans 13:6
That is also why you pay taxes, because the authorities are working for God when they fulfill their duties.
Romans 13:7
Pay, then, what you owe them; pay them your personal and property taxes, and show respect and honor for them all.