“I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

His disciples said, “Look, now you are speaking plainly and not in obscure figures of speech!

Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

They are illustrations of this true proverb: “A dog returns to its own vomit,” and “A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire.”