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John 10:12

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But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

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The surrounding passage

  1. John 10:10

    The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

  2. John 10:11

    I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

  3. John 10:13

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

  4. John 10:14

    I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.