He who is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
John 10:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now the hireling flees because he merely serves for wages and is not himself concerned about the sheep [cares nothing for them]. American Standard Version (1901) he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep. Common English Bible He’s only a hired hand and the sheep don’t matter to him. Catholic Public Domain Version And the hired hand flees, because he is a hired hand and there is no concern for the sheep within him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no care for the sheep. |
He who is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
This he said, not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box he used to take what was put into it.
And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to this.
I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord;
but the married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please his wife,