Christian Minister: Emoluments (Benefits) of

Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.

And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance.

Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The food offerings to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as He had promised them.

To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them.

The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”

I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.

In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.

Do not take along any gold or silver or copper in your belts.

Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.

He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—

Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

If you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you.

Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.

“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.

Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord? …

…as you have already understood us in part, that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.

Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.

Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge? …

In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong! …

Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.

Now I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. …

As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!

Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.

Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you, …

For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”

For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.