John 10:13

This happens because he is a hireling and the tzon means nothing to him.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12The gedungener, the one who is not the Ro'eh — the hireling, the one to whom the tzon does not belong — this hireling sees the ze'ev (wolf) coming and abandons the tzon and runs for his life and the ze'ev seizes them and scatters them. + 10:12 Zech 11:16

14Ani Hu the Ro'eh HaTov, and I have da'as of my tzon and my tzon has da'as of me. + 10:14 Ex 33:12

Read all of John 10

Cross References

Acts 18:17They seized Sosthenes, the Rosh HaKnesset, and were beating him in full view of the Kes HaMishpat (Judgment Seat), and none of these things created a concern for Gallio.

Matthew Henry on John 10:2-19

The Good Shepherd. 1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study John 10:13