John 10:12
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.
World Messianic Bible British
In The King James Version
In Context
11“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
13The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care for the sheep.
Cross References
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Zechariah 11:16For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the meat of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.
Matthew 10:16“Behold, I send you out as sheep amongst wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
Acts 20:29For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in amongst you, not sparing the flock.
1 Timothy 3:8Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
Titus 1:7For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
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 →