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John 10:13

Faithfulness and loyalty

11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

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Compare

BSB
The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.
KJV
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
WEB
The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care for the sheep.
ASV
[he fleeth] because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
DARBY
Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.
BLB
because he is a hired servant and is not himself caring about the sheep.
ÅB
for han er en leiesvenn, og sauene ligger ham ikke på hjerte.
OTB
Han løper bort fordi han er en leiearbeider og ikke bryr seg om sauene.
B1930
for han er en leiesvenn, og fårene ligger ham ikke på hjerte.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Philippians 2:20

    For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.

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  • John 12:6

    This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

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  • Acts 18:17

    Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

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