Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

127. A householder acquired
everything— whether son or slave or
cattle or dog or swine, whether wheat
or barley or straw or hay or [bones] or
meat (or) acorns. Yet he (was) wise and
knew the food of each [one]. Before the
sons he indeed set bread with [olive-oil
and meat; before] the slaves he set
castor-oil with grain; and before the
cattle [he set barley] with straw and
hay; to the dogs he cast bones; yet
before [the swine] he threw acorns and
crusts of bread. So it is with the
Disciple of God— if he is wise, he is
perceptive about the Discipleship. The
bodily forms will not deceive him, but
rather he will then observe the
disposition of the soul of each one in
order to speak with him. In the world
there are many animals made in human
form— these he is accustomed to
recognize. To the swine indeed he will
throw acorns; yet to the cattle he will
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