John 10:12

Weymouth NT

The hired servant –one who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep– no sooner sees the wolf coming than he leaves the sheep and runs away; and the wolf worries and scatters them.

Cross References

Matthew 10:16

»Remember it is I who am sending you out, as sheep into the midst of wolves; prove yourselves as sagacious as serpents, and as innocent as doves.«

Matthew 7:15

»Beware of the false teachers–men who come to you in sheep's fleeces, but beneath that disguise they are ravenous wolves.«

John 10:13

For he is only a hired servant and cares nothing for the sheep.

John 10:2

But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

John 10:3

To him the porter opens the door, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by their names and leads them out.

Acts 20:29

I know that, when I am gone, cruel wolves will come among you and will not spare the flock;

1 Timothy 3:3

not a hard drinker nor given to blows; not selfish or quarrelsome or covetous;

1 Timothy 3:8

Deacons, in the same way, must be men of serious demeanour, not double-tongued, nor addicted to much wine, nor greedy of base gain,

2 Timothy 4:10

For Demas has deserted me –loving, as he does, the present age– and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

Titus 1:7

For, as God's steward, a minister must be of blameless life, not over-fond of having his own way, not a man of a passionate temper nor a hard drinker, not given to blows nor greedy of gain,

1 Peter 5:2

Be shepherds of God's flock which is among you. Exercise the oversight not reluctantly but eagerly, in accordance with the will of God; not for base gain but with cheerful minds;

2 Peter 2:3

Thirsting for riches, they will trade on you with their canting talk. From of old their judgement has been working itself out, and their destruction has not been slumbering.