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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/translate/figs-personification)
You shall not put a muzzle on an ox while it treads 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/translate/figs-metaphor)
muzzle
a sleeve that goes over an animal's snout and mouth to prevent it from eating while it is doing work (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown)
treads the grain
And ox "treads 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 they worked.
is worthy of
"deserves"