^21 (A)For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from ^(B)the holy commandment ^(C)handed on to them.

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.”