'Hired' in the Bible

“‘Because no one hired us,’ they said to him.“‘You also go to my vineyard,’ he told them.

“When those who were hired about five came, they each received one denarius.

Immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.

When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!

I’m no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired hands.’

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.

This happens because he is a hired man and doesn’t care about the sheep.