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John 10:13
The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and does not care for the sheep.
John 10:13 · New Heart English 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 thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and does not care for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me;
15 even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
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