²⁵ “These things I have spoken to you in ^[a](A)figurative language; ^(B)an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in ^[b]figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

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

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