just because he is a hired man, who has no interest in the sheep.
I have no one like him, for genuine interest in your welfare.
(Not that he cared for the poor; he said this because he was a thief, and because he carried the money-box and pilfered what was put in.)
Then all [the Greeks] caught hold of Sosthenes the president of the synagogue and beat him in front of the tribunal; but Gallio took no notice.
The hired man, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, deserts them when he sees the wolf coming; he runs away, leaving the wolf to tear and scatter them,
I am the good shepherd, I know my sheep and my sheep know me
I want you to be free from all anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the Lord's affairs, how best to satisfy the Lord;
the married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how best to satisfy his wife —