Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap, nor do they gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they?

Then He said to them, "What man is there among you who shall have one sheep, and if it should fall into a ditch on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?

By how much then is a man worth more than a sheep! So then it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."

You made him a little lower than the angels, You have crowned him with glory and honor;

Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storeroom nor barn; and God feeds them. How much more are you worth than birds?

For it is written in the law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it threshes." Is it oxen God is concerned about?

Or does He say [this] altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, for it is written, that he that plows should plow in hope, and he that threshes, in hope should partake of his hope.