Commentary for Bava Metzia 235:10
דאי אשמועינן להך קמייתא דכי קאמר ליה הגיעוך אין שומעין לו משום דלית ליה אגרא גביה אבל הכא דאית ליה אגרא גביה אימא שומעין לו דאמרי אינשי ממרי רשותיך פארי אפרע
IF A MAN ENGAGES A LABOURER TO WORK WITH HIM ON STRAW etc. Now, both are necessary. For if only the first were stated, that when he proposes, 'LET THEM BE YOURS', HE IS NOT HEEDED, [it might be said that] that is because he [the garden owner] has no wage claim upon him; here, however, that he [the labourer] has a wage claim, I might argue that he [the employer] is listened to, because it is proverbial, 'From your debtor accept [even] bran in payment.' Whilst if this clause [alone] were taught, [it might be that] only in this case, once he [the worker] accepts the proposal, is he [the employer] not heeded,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When he desires to go back upon it. ');"><sup>7</sup></span>
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