John 10:13

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

John 10:13 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
English Standard Version (ESV)
13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
New Living Translation (NLT)
13 The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep.
The Message Bible (MSG)
13 He's only in it for the money. The sheep don't matter to him.
American Standard Version (ASV)
13 [he fleeth] because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
13 The hired hand is concerned about what he's going to get paid and not about the sheep.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
13 [This happens] because he is a hired man and doesn't care about the sheep.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
13 The man runs away because he is a hired man. He does not care about the sheep.

John 10:13 Meaning and Commentary

John 10:13

The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling
And has no propriety in the sheep; had he, he would abide by them, and defend them; but because he has not, he will not expose himself to any danger, but leaves them:

and careth not for the sheep;
what becomes of them, providing only for his own safety. Abarbinel F25 has a note on ( Isaiah 40:11 ) which may serve to illustrate this passage:

``"he shall feed his flock like a shepherd"; not as he that feeds the flock of others, for the hire they give him, but as a shepherd that feeds his own flock; who has compassion more abundantly on it, because it is his own flock; and therefore he saith, "behold his reward is with him", for he does not seek a reward from another; "and his work is before him"; for he feeds what is his own, and therefore his eyes and his heart are there.''

Which is not the case of the hireling; he does not care for them, he has not their good at heart; but the good shepherd has, such an one as Christ is.


FOOTNOTES:

F25 Mashmia Jeshua, fol. 20. 4.

John 10:13 In-Context

11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own 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.
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