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12 Some people work for pay. The one who does that is not the one who really cares. The sheep do not belong to him. When he sees a bad animal coming, he will leave the sheep and run away. He will let the animal take the sheep and make the sheep run away.

13 He does that because he is only working for pay and does not care what happens to the sheep.

14 `I am the good shepherd, the one who really cares for the sheep. I know my sheep and my sheep know me.

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12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away.(A) Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

14 “I am the good shepherd;(B) I know my sheep(C) and my sheep know me—

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