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John 10:13

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The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
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  1. Philippians 2:20Rank 1 from verse 13
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    20For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.

  2. John 12:6Rank 2 from verse 13
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    6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

  3. Acts 18:17Rank 3 from verse 13
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    17Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

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John 10:13

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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sheep

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Sense 1: Flock animals kept for wool, food, and sacrifice. Sense 2: Figuratively, people pictured as a flock or as needing a shepherd.

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12But 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.

13The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

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14I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

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