The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them.

“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.

“Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you,” Jesus answered.

Jesus responded to him, “Do you believe only because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.”

When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only He was left, with the woman in the center.