It has happenedto them according to the true proverb,"A DOGRETURNSTO ITS OWNVOMIT,"and, "A sow,after washing,[returns] to wallowingin the mire."
Like a dogthat returnsto its vomitIs a foolwho repeatshis folly.
"If,however, the markbreaksout againin the houseafterhe has tornout the stonesand scrapedthe house,and afterit has been replastered,
Thisfigure of speechJesusspoketo them, but they did not understandwhatthose things were whichHe had been sayingto them.
