And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
1 Corinthians 9:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If we have sown [the seed of] spiritual good among you, [is it too] much if we reap from your material benefits? American Standard Version (1901) If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things? Common English Bible If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it so much to ask to harvest some material things from you? Catholic Public Domain Version If we have sown spiritual things in you, is it important if we harvest from your worldly things? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we reap your carnal things? |
And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
no wallet for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the labourer is worthy of his food.
Yea, it hath been their good pleasure; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to minister unto them in carnal things.
Even so did the Lord ordain that they which proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel.
It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
But let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.