John 10:13 BSB — MannaFest

John 10:13

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 14 (604)

Hence it is soon added: "But the hireling flees, because he is a hireling, and the sheep do not pertain to him." For the sole reason why the hireling flees is because he is a hireling. As if it were said openly: He who in presiding over the sheep does not love the sheep but seeks earthly gain cannot stand firm in danger to the sheep. For while he embraces honor, while he rejoices in temporal advantages, he trembles to oppose himself against danger, lest he lose what he loves.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
μισθωτός	misthōtos	a hired servant	G3411 →
ἐστιν	estin	he is	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
μέλει	melei	he is himself concerned	G3199 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to him	G846 →
περὶ	peri	about	G4012 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
προβάτων.¶	probatōn	sheep.	G4263 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 12:6
Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
leads to
- John 13:29
  Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.
- Psalms 50:16–20
  To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
- James 2:6
  But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
- James 2:2
  Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.
- 2 Kings 5:20–27
  Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after…
Through
Philippians 2:20
I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs.
leads to
- Philippians 2:2
  then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.
- Philippians 2:22
  But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.
Through
Acts 18:17
At this, the crowd seized Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But none of this was of concern to Gallio.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 1:1
  Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,