G3411–μισθωτός–misthōtos

And he said, Come after me: and they went away from their father Zebedee, who was in the boat with the servants, and came after him.

μισθωτῶν misthōtōn “hired servants”

He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:

μισθωτὸς misthōtos “hired servant”

Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.

μισθωτὸς misthōtos “hired servant”μισθωτός misthōtos “a hired servant”