¹² The ·worker who is paid to keep the sheep [^Lhired hand] is different from the shepherd who owns them. When the worker sees a wolf coming, he runs away and leaves the sheep alone. Then the wolf ·attacks [or snatches; seizes] the sheep and scatters them. ¹³ The man runs away because he is only a ·paid worker [hired hand] and does not really care about the sheep.

¹⁴ “I am the good shepherd. I know my ·sheep [^Lown], and my ·sheep [^Lown] know me,