^4 (A)“You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.

⁹ For it is written in the Law of Moses, ^(A)“You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned?

¹⁸ For the Scripture says, ^(A)“You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, ^(B)“The laborer deserves his wages.”