John 10:12
World English Bible
He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
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John 10:12 in other translations
He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them:
John 10:12 in context
- 10The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
- 11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
- 12He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
- 13The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn’t care for the sheep.
- 14I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;