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John 10:13 KJV
John · chapter 10 · verse 13
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.John 10:13 · King James Version
John 10:13 in context
11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12But 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.
13The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
14I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
15As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hirelingmisthōtosone hired, a hirelingG3411 →
- fleethpheugōto flee away, seek safety by flight, metaph. to flee something abhorrent, esp. vices, to…G5343 →
- carethmeleito care aboutG3199 →
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It is not certain whether this discourse was at the feast of dedication in the winter (spoken of Joh 10:22), which may be taken as the date, not only of what follows, but of what goes before (that which countenances this is, that Christ, in his discourse there, carries on the metaphor of the sheep, Joh 10:26, Joh…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-18