John 10:13

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This happens because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care about the sheep.

King James Version (1611)
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, & careth not for the sheepe.

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

English Standard Version
He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

New American Standard Bible
"He flees because he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.

New Century Version
The man runs away because he is only a paid worker and does not really care about the sheep.

Amplified Bible
"The man runs because he is a hired hand [who serves only for wages] and is not concerned about the [safety of the] sheep.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.

Legacy Standard Bible
because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.

Berean Standard Bible
The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.

Contemporary English Version
Hired workers run away because they don't care about the sheep.

Complete Jewish Bible
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.

Darby Translation
Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.

Easy-to-Read Version
The man runs away because he is only a paid worker. He does not really care for the sheep.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheepe.

George Lamsa Translation
The hired person runs away, because he is hired, and he does not care for the sheep.

Good News Translation
The hired man runs away because he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep.

Lexham English Bible
because he is a hired hand and he is not concerned about the sheep.

Literal Translation
But the hireling flees because he is a hireling, and there is not a care to him concerning the sheep.

American Standard Version
he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

Bible in Basic English
Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.

Hebrew Names Version
The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.

International Standard Version
For he is a hired hand, and the sheep do not matter to him.

Etheridge Translation
But the hireling fleeth because he is an hireling, and careth not for the flock.

Murdock Translation
And a hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and hath no concern for the flock.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The hyrelyng fleeth, because he is an hyrelyng, and careth not for the sheepe.

English Revised Version
he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

World English Bible
The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

Weymouth's New Testament
For he is only a hired servant and cares nothing for the sheep.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the hirid hyne fleeth, for he is an hirid hyne, and it parteyneth not to hym of the scheep.

Update Bible Version
[he flees] because he is a hired worker, and does not care for the sheep.

Webster's Bible Translation
The hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

New English Translation
Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.

New King James Version
The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.

New Living Translation
The hired hand runs away because he's working only for the money and doesn't really care about the sheep.

New Life Bible
The hired man runs away because he is hired. He does not care about the sheep.

New Revised Standard
The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Because, a hireling, he is, and hath no care for the sheep.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no care for the sheep.

Revised Standard Version
He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The heyred servaut flyeth because he is an heyred servaunt and careth not for the shepe.

Young's Literal Translation
and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the hyred seruaut flyeth, because he is an hyred seruaunte, and careth not for the shepe.

Mace New Testament (1729)
the hireling flies, because he is an hireling, and is under no concern for the sheep.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The day worker isn't going to put his life on the line.

Contextual Overview

¹"Let me set this before you as plainly as I can. If a person climbs over or through the fence of a sheep pen instead of going through the gate, you know he's up to no good—a sheep rustler! The shepherd walks right up to the gate. The gatekeeper opens the gate to him and the sheep recognize his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he gets them all out, he leads them and they follow because they are familiar with his voice. They won't follow a stranger's voice but will scatter because they aren't used to the sound of it." ⁶Jesus told this simple story, but they had no idea what he was talking about. So he tried again. "I'll be explicit, then. I am the Gate for the sheep. All those others are up to no good—sheep stealers, every one of them. But the sheep didn't listen to them. I am the Gate. Anyone who goes through me will be cared for—will freely go in and out, and find pasture. A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of. ¹¹"I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd puts the sheep before himself, sacrifices himself if necessary. A hired man is not a real shepherd. The sheep mean nothing to him. He sees a wolf come and runs for it, leaving the sheep to be ravaged and scattered by the wolf. He's only in it for the money. The sheep don't matter to him. ¹⁴"I am the Good Shepherd. I know my own sheep and my own sheep know me. In the same way, the Father knows me and I know the Father. I put the sheep before myself, sacrificing myself if necessary. You need to know that I have other sheep in addition to those in this pen. I need to gather and bring them, too. They'll also recognize my voice. Then it will be one flock, one Shepherd. This is why the Father loves me: because I freely lay down my life. And so I am free to take it up again. No one takes it from me. I lay it down of my own free will. I have the right to lay it down; I also have the right to take it up again. I received this authority personally from my Father."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

careth not: John 12:6, Acts 18:17, Philippians 2:20

Reciprocal: Genesis 31:39 - torn of Judges 18:4 - hired me Jeremiah 10:21 - the pastors Jeremiah 13:20 - where Zechariah 11:5 - and their Zechariah 11:16 - which Zechariah 11:17 - that leaveth 1 Timothy 3:3 - not covetous 1 Peter 5:7 - for

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 y 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.

y Mashmia Jeshua, fol. 20. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Because he is a hireling - Because he regards only his wages. He feels no special interest in the flock.