And he began to speak unto them in parables. {\cf6 A man {\b planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower,} and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
And he began to speak unto the people this parable: {\cf6 A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for a long time.
Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who {\b planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower,} and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
His mouth is most sweet;\par\tab Yea, he is altogether lovely.\par\tab This is my beloved, and this is my friend,\par\tab O daughters of Jerusalem.\par
I was asleep, but my heart waked:\par\tab It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, {\i saying},\par\tab Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled;\par\tab For my head is filled with dew,\par\tab My locks with the drops of the night.\par
{\b For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim. {\i A Psalm} of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves.}\par\par\tab My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter;\par\tab I speak the things which I have made touching the king:\par\tab My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Israel is a luxuriant vine, that putteth forth his fruit: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied his altars; according to the goodness of their land they have made goodly pillars.