I hadn't noticed this nuance before.

Isn't it funny how you can read a Scripture many times and all of a sudden you read something in there that you had never noticed before.  There are actually a couple things here I'd like to comment on. 

John 10:11-16(NKJV)

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 

But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. 

The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. 

I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. 

As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 

And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.

OK, first the top part.  I had never realized that being the shepherd implied ownership of the sheep.  I had always thought of the shepherds in the fields as hired hands to tend the sheep.  Look how wrong I was.  Jesus quite clearly makes the distinction between shepherd (owner) and hireling (hired hand) who are not shepherds and therefor do not own the sheep. 

So what you might say.  The reason I find it important is that it goes against the claim that Jesus was a socialist.  The shepherds, as owners of the sheep, are quite clearly capitalists.  They are raising the sheep for the wool and for the meat.  What are they going to do with it.  Use some of it for themselves and sell the rest to provide income for their families, and thereby providing food and fibre for the families who don't own sheep.  

Notice that Jesus holds the shepherds up as examples of honorable people.  He doesn't condemn them.  If Jesus were a Socialist, why would He be holding them up as good examples?

The last part is one that I think many people misinterpret to justify their belief that we all serve the same God.  When Jesus says He has sheep from other flocks to bring, many people think He is referring to Muslims, Buddhists, Taoists, and many other sects.  You know, we all worship the same god crowd. 

I believe this is an incorrect interpretation and I'll share with you why.  Look at the rest of the Scripture.  It contains the answer.  Jesus says they will hear His voice and they will all be one flock and one shepherd. 

None of the other religions I mentioned "hear Jesus' voice".  What I mean by that is that they don't believe Jesus is the Son of God.  So they don't in fact hear His voice.

They have totally different beliefs for the most part.  Jesus says they will be one flock and have one shepherd.  How would that be if they don't hear Jesus voice and they all have different beliefs, not different just from Jesus beliefs but different from each other's beliefs as well?

I believe that the correct interpretation is that when Jesus says He has other flocks He is referring to those of the different faiths that have converted to believing in Jesus.  For example the Gentiles who have become Christians.  The Muslims who have become Christians and so on.

The reason I think it is the correct interpretation is that it would make sense within the Scripture above.  Because they have all converted to Christianity they would all hear His voice.  The would all be one flock, the flock that believes in Jesus, and they would all have the same shepherd. 

Make sense?