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John 10:13
and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.
John 10:13 · Young's Literal Translation
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 doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
11 `I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;
12 and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;
13 and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.
14 `I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by mine,
15 according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,
16 and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock--one shepherd.
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