Dogs and swine

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(93) <Jesus said,> "Do not give what is holy to dogs, lest they throw them on the dung-heap. Do not throw the pearls to swine, lest they [...] it [...]."

Mt 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, and turn again and rend you.

After offending Evangelicals with the last one, this one will offend many others.

The meaning of the simple riddle is easy.

Pr 26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. 2Pe 2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

Pr 11:22 ¶ [As] a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, [so is] a fair woman which is without discretion.

The dog represents those who go back to their sin and the swine is one who has no discretion in what they 'eat'. They accept any teaching and