John 10:12
The hireling who is not the shepherd, and whose the sheep are not, when he seeth the wolf coming, leaveth the flock and fleeth; and the wolf cometh ravaging and destroying the flock.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
11I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd his life layeth down for his flock.
13But the hireling fleeth because he is an hireling, and careth not for the flock.
Cross References
Matthew 10:16LO, I send you forth as sheep among wolves: be you, therefore, wise as serpents and guileless as doves.
Acts 20:29For I know that after I shall have gone, there will enter with you furious wolves which will not spare the flock.
1 Timothy 3:8And also the ministers must be pure, not speaking doubly, not inclined to much wine, nor shall they love unclean gains.
Titus 1:7For a presbyter is bound to be without blame, as the steward of Aloha; he shall not be led by the will of self, nor be irascible, nor a transgressor over wine, neither shall his hand be hasty to strike, nor shall he be a lover of sordid gains.
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 →