1Cor 9:9 | HCSB | STEP | For it is written in the law of Moses , Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out grain . Is God really concerned with oxen ?

‏ 1 Corinthians 9:9

9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Do not muzzle an ox ^a while it treads out grain. ^{b
,} ^c Is God really concerned with oxen?