Nehemiah 5:14 Cross References - ACV

¹⁴ Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.

¹³ Be it known now to the king, that, if this city be built, and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful to the kings. ¹⁴ Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore we have sent and certified to the king,

¹ And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not formerly been sad in his presence.

⁶ But in all this time I was not at Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. And after certain days I asked leave of the king,

⁶ For because of this ye also fulfill taxes, for they are servants of God being devoted to this same thing. ⁷ Render therefore to all, the things due: tax to the man of tax, tribute to the man of tribute, fear to the man of fear, esteem to the man of esteem.

⁴ Have we no, not a right to eat and to drink? ⁵ Have we no, not a right to lead about a sister wife, as also the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? ⁶ Or have only I and Barnabas no right not to be occupied earning a living? ⁷ Who ever enlists in an army at his own wage? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from the fruit of it? Or who feeds a flock and does not eat from the milk of the flock? ⁸ Do I say these things according to man, or does not the law also say these things? ⁹ For it is written in the law of Moses thou shall not muzzle an ox threshing grain. Is God concerned about oxen, ¹⁰ or does he speak altogether for our sake? For our sake, for it was written, He who plows ought to plow with hope, and he who threshes with his hope, with hope to share. ¹¹ If we sowed spiritual things to you, is it a great thing if we will reap your carnal things? ¹² If others are partakers of the right from you, are not we more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we cover all things, so that we may not give any hindrance to the good news of the Christ. ¹³ Know ye not that those being employed at the sacred things eat from the temple, and those who serve at the altar are partakers at the altar? ¹⁴ And so the Lord commanded those who proclaim the good news to live from the good news. ¹⁵ But I have used none of these things, and I did not write these things so that it should be done to me this way. For it is good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my boasting empty.

¹⁸ What then is my reward? That, while preaching the good news, I may make the good news of the Christ without charge, in order not to make full use of my right in the good news.

⁸ nor did we eat bread gratis from any man, but in labor and toil, working night and day in order not to burden any of you. ⁹ Not because we have no right, but that we might give ourselves an example to you, in order to imitate us.