Saying 93: Don't Throw Pearls to Pigs
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Work: Gospel of Thomas
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Gospel of Thomas — Mark M. Mattison, author-dedicated English
Saying 93: Don't Throw Pearls to Pigs "Don't give what's holy to the dogs, or else it might be thrown on the manure pile. Don't throw pearls to the pigs, or else they might […]"
- Source
- Gospel of Thomas — Mark M. Mattison, author-dedicated English
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- Public domain
- Reading language
- eng
- Source language
- eng
- Completeness
- Nag Hammadi CodexII,2; complete supplied114sayings and prologue. Modern MarkM.Mattison English translation, not historical printing or original Coptic witness. Source translation text, modern section/saying headings, prologue/colophon, manuscript gaps, author editorial corrections and insertion sigla preserved unchanged. Author advertising, unrelated site material and separate Notes on Translation are excluded. No missing manuscript text is invented.
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Recorded provenance: Nag Hammadi CodexII,2; complete supplied114sayings and prologue. Modern MarkM.Mattison English translation, not historical printing or original Coptic witness. Source translation text, modern section/saying headings, prologue/colophon, manuscript gaps, author editorial corrections and insertion sigla preserved unchanged. Author advertising, unrelated site material and separate Notes on Translation are excluded. No missing manuscript text is invented.
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