The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Bible in Basic English BBE
12 The hired hand, since he isn't a shepherd and the sheep aren't his own, sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf drags them off and scatters them.
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He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:
13 The hired worker behaves like this because that's all he is, a hired worker; so it doesn't matter to him what happens to the sheep.
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Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd; I know my own, and my own know me --
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I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me,
15 just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father -- and I lay down my life on behalf of the sheep.
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Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.
16 Also I have other sheep which are not from this pen; I need to bring them, and they will hear my voice; and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
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And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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