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.

²⁸ I give them eternal life,^(A) and they shall never perish;^(B) no one will snatch them out of my hand.^{(C) 29} My Father, who has given them to me,^(D) is greater than all^[a];^(E) no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.