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

John 10:13 · KJV

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

— John 10:13

But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

Verse 14

I am the good shepherd, and know my {sheep}, and am known of mine.

John 10 — Context

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

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

I am the good shepherd, and know my {sheep}, and am known of mine.

As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

Cross References

Philippians 2:20

For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. {likeminded: or, so dear unto me}

John 12:6

This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

Acts 18:17

Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat {him} before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.