13The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.


In Context

10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

12 The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.

13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

14 "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me--

15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father--and I lay down my life for the sheep.

John 10:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:13The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:13And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no care for the sheep.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:13he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:13Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:13he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:13The hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:13The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:13and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:13The hireling flees, because he is an hireling, and cares not for the sheep.