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Jesus the Good Shepherd

John 10:13

In 9 translations

BSB
The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.
KJV
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
WEB
The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care for the sheep.
ASV
he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
LSV
and the hired worker flees because he is a hired worker, and is not caring for the sheep.
YLT
and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.
DBY
Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.
DRC
And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath no care for the sheep.
GNV
So the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheepe.

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Where the editions differ

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include φεύγει (“flees”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Word order: Byzantine text place ὁ elsewhere in this verse.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ὁ δὲ μισθωτὸς (“this now hired servant”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ὅτι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὅτι; Robinson–Pierpont read Ὁδὲ μισθωτὸς φεύγει ὅτι.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὅτι μισθωτός ἐστιν καὶ οὐ μέλει αὐτῷ περὶ τῶν προβάτων.
RP2018
Ὁ δὲ μισθωτὸς φεύγει, ὅτι μισθωτός ἐστιν, καὶ οὐ μέλει αὐτῷ περὶ τῶν προβάτων.
TR-Boyd
Ὁ δὲ μισθωτὸς φεύγει, ὅτι μισθωτός ἐστι, καὶ οὐ μέλει αὐτῷ περὶ τῶν προβάτων.
SCR1894
ο δε μισθωτος φευγει οτι μισθωτος εστιν και ου μελει αυτω περι των προβατων

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Philippians 2:20I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs.
  • John 12:6Judas 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.
  • Acts 18:17At 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.

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