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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.

John 10:12 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતીયોહાન ૧૦:૧૨
જે નોકર છે અને ઘેટાંપાળક નથી, એટલે જે પોતે ઘેટાંનો માલિક નથી, તે વરુને આવતું જોઈને ઘેટાંને મૂકીને નાસી જાય છે; પછી વરુ તેઓને પકડીને વિખેરી નાખે છે.
हिन्दीयूहन्ना १०:१२
मजदूर जो न चरवाहा है, और न भेड़ों का मालिक है, भेड़िए को आते हुए देख, भेड़ों को छोड़कर भाग जाता है, और भेड़िया उन्हें पकड़ता और तितर-बितर कर देता है।

In context

10The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

11“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

12He 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.

13The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care for the sheep.

14I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;

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