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The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep.
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American Standard Version
he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Christian Standard Bible
This happens because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care about the sheep.
English Standard Version
He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
King James Version
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
New American Standard Bible
He flees because he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.
New International Version
The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
New King James Version
The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.
World English Bible
The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care for the sheep.