John 10:13 - The Scriptures 2009

¹³ “Now the hireling flees because he is a hireling and is not concerned about the sheep.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ 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)

¹³ he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

Common English Bible

¹³ He’s only a hired hand and the sheep don’t matter to him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And the hired hand flees, because he is a hired hand and there is no concern for the sheep within him.

John 10:13 Cross References

John 10:12

“But the hireling, and not being a shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees. And the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.

John 10:14

“I am the good shepherd. And I know Mine, and Mine know Me,

John 12:6

And he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and he used to take what was put in it.

Acts 18:17

And all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the ruler of the congregation, and beat him before the judgment seat. But Gallion showed no concern whatever.

1 Corinthians 7:32

And I wish you to be without concern. He who is unmarried is concerned about the matters of the Master – how to please the Master.

1 Corinthians 7:33

But he who is married is concerned about the matters of the world – how to please his wife.

Philippians 2:20

For I have no one else of the same mind, who takes a genuine interest in your welfare.