You transplanted a vine(A) from Egypt;
    you drove out(B) the nations and planted(C) it.

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Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

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11 Solomon had a vineyard(A) in Baal Hamon;
    he let out his vineyard to tenants.
Each was to bring for its fruit
    a thousand shekels[a](B) of silver.
12 But my own vineyard(C) is mine to give;
    the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
    and two hundred[b] are for those who tend its fruit.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 8:11 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms; also in verse 12
  2. Song of Songs 8:12 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms

11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

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The Parable of the Bags of Gold(A)

14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey,(B) who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.

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14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

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