[Sca-cooks] Pearls before Swine

[Generys ferch Ednuyed]

It is indeed Biblical - Matthew 7, 6 - 'Give not that which is holy unto the
dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under
their feet.   Context - it's part of the Sermon on the Mount
(http://www.blueletterbible.org/tmp_dir/versions/1025726343.html#6)... I'm
still looking to see if the pearl/swine thing has any other references...

Generys

From: "Christine Seelye-King" <kingstaste at mindspring.com>
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Subject: [Sca-cooks] Pearls before Swine


> I am looking for the etymology of the phrase "casting pearls before
swine".
> I believe it to be of biblical origin, but I am really looking for the
> context of the phrase as well as meaning (today we think of it as meaning
> wasting time and resources on someone or something that won't use or
> appreciate it).
> Any ideas, oh great fonts of knowledge out there?
> Christianna
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