Because he is a hireling

(οτ μισθωτος εστιν). And only that, without the shepherd heart that loves the sheep. Reason given for the conduct of the hireling after the parenthesis about the wolf.And careth not for the sheep

(κα ου μελε αυτω περ των προβατων). Literally, "and it is no care to him about the sheep." This use of the impersonal μελε (present active indicative) is quite common, as in Matthew 22:16. But God does care (1 Peter 5:7).

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Old Testament