Wherever you are welcomed, stay in the same house until you leave that town;

"When you come to a town or village, go in and look for someone who is willing to welcome you, and stay with him until you leave that place.

He also told them, "Wherever you are welcomed, stay in the same house until you leave that place.

After she and the people of her house had been baptized, she invited us, "Come and stay in my house if you have decided that I am a true believer in the Lord." And she persuaded us to go.

Then he took Paul and Silas up into his house and gave them some food to eat. He and his family were filled with joy, because they now believed in God.

Paul and Silas left the prison and went to Lydia's house. There they met the believers, spoke words of encouragement to them, and left.

Be joyful there in his presence, together with your children, your servants, and the Levites who live in your towns; remember that the Levites will have no land of their own.

You and your children, together with your servants and the Levites who live in your towns, are to eat these offerings only in the presence of the LORD your God, in the one place of worship chosen by the LORD your God. And you are to be happy there over everything that you have done.

Be sure, also, not to neglect the Levites, as long as you live in your land.

do not carry a beggar's bag for the trip or an extra shirt or shoes or a walking stick. Workers should be given what they need.

Don't I have the right to be given food and drink for my work?

Or are Barnabas and I the only ones who have to work for our living?

I don't have to limit myself to these everyday examples, because the Law says the same thing.

Didn't he really mean us when he said that? Of course that was written for us. Anyone who plows and anyone who reaps should do their work in the hope of getting a share of the crop.

If others have the right to expect this from you, don't we have an even greater right? But we haven't made use of this right. Instead, we have endured everything in order not to put any obstacle in the way of the Good News about Christ.

In the same way, the Lord has ordered that those who preach the gospel should get their living from it.

If you are being taught the Christian message, you should share all the good things you have with your teacher.

It is not that I just want to receive gifts; rather, I want to see profit added to your account.

Here, then, is my receipt for everything you have given me---and it has been more than enough! I have all I need now that Epaphroditus has brought me all your gifts. They are like a sweet-smelling offering to God, a sacrifice which is acceptable and pleasing to him.

The elders who do good work as leaders should be considered worthy of receiving double pay, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

For the scripture says, "Do not muzzle an ox when you are using it to thresh grain" and "Workers should be given their pay."

The farmer who has done the hard work should have the first share of the harvest.

My dear friend, you are so faithful in the work you do for other Christians, even when they are strangers.

For they set out on their trip in the service of Christ without accepting any help from unbelievers.

They also learn to waste their time in going around from house to house; but even worse, they learn to be gossips and busybodies, talking of things they should not.