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# For the scripture says
This is personification that means that this is what someone has written in the scriptures. Alternate translation: "For we read in the scriptures that" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
"For we read in the scriptures that"
# You must not put a muzzle on an ox while it threshes the grain
Paul is using this quotation as a metaphor meaning that church leaders deserve to receive payment from the Christian community for their work. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
# muzzle
place a sleeve over an animal's snout and mouth to prevent it from eating (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-unknown]])
# threshes the grain
An ox "threshes the grain" when it walks on or pulls a heavy object over the cut grain to separate the grain from the stalks. The ox was allowed to eat some of the grain as it worked.
Paul says here that church leaders deserve to receive payment from the Christian community for their work.
# is worthy of