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John 10:13
So the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheepe.
John 10:13 · Geneva Bible
John 10:13 in other translations
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.
The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care for the sheep.
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In context
10 The theefe commeth not, but for to steale, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might haue life, and haue it in abundance.
11 I am that good shepheard: that good shepheard giueth his life for his sheepe.
12 But an hireling, and hee which is not the shepheard, neither the sheepe are his owne, seeth the wolfe comming, and hee leaueth the sheepe, and fleeth, and the wolfe catcheth them, and scattreth the sheepe.
13 So the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheepe.
14 I am that good shepheard, and knowe mine, and am knowen of mine.
15 As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father: and I lay downe my life for my sheepe.
16 Other sheepe I haue also, which are not of this folde: them also must I bring, and they shall heare my voyce: and there shalbe one sheepefolde, and one shepheard.
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