hireling 
hire·ling (hīr′liŋ)
noun
a person who is for hire; esp., one who will follow anyone's orders for pay; mercenary
adjective
of or like a hireling; mercenary
Adjective modifier
- mere: And so, He doesn't act like a mere hireling who runs when shepherding gets hard.
Modifies a noun
- fleeth: The hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.Iamthegood shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold: them also must I bring, and theyshall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Let usnever toleratetheslightest inroad onthe discipline of our holy Church. Let us never consent that she should be made the hireling of the Ministry. Our forefathers would have diedönay, perished in hopeless slaveryörather than consent to such degradation.
Pension. Pay given to state hireling for treason to his country.
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