I have heard many preachers quote the scriptures that say “a worker deserves his wages” in reference to the pastor getting paid a salary from the church. It is interesting that the context of this verse has nothing to do with pastors, and it has nothing to do with money. The context is of a traveling evangelist, an apostle (sent one) who is traveling around from town to town preaching the good news of the Kingdom of God. When these traveling preachers enter a town, they find a home to stay in, and receive the food and shelter that is given to them as their payment. Hospitality, therefore, is the payment that is due to the gospel worker, not money. Jesus instructed them not to even take a purse along with them, so they have no way of collecting money even if it was offered to them. They were only able to collect their daily bread, eating what was placed before them.
