John 10:13 “The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for…”

John 10:13

The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care for the sheep.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

So the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheepe.

Darby Translation

Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.

Young's Literal Translation

and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.

Bible in Basic English

Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.

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In context

12The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.

14I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,

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