But the hireling.... leaveth his sheep and fleeth.

It is not the bare fact of. man receiving pay that makes him. hireling. "The laborer is worthy of his hire." He is. hireling who would not work were it not for this hire. Such hirelings, who are moved by self-interest alone, will abandon the flock in the moment of danger. He only cares for his gains. Thus true and false shepherds are distinguished.

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