²⁵ “These things I have spoken to you in ^(A)figures of speech; ^(B)an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you openly of the Father.

²⁹ His disciples *said, “Behold, now You are speaking openly and are not ^[a]using ^(A)a figure of speech.

²² The ^[a]message of the true proverb has happened to them, “^(A)A dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.”