Granny's gone and done it again

The parable is the source of the English proverb " to hide one's light under a bushel ", the use of the word "bushel", an obsolete word for bowl (now relegated to usage as a unit of measure), appearing in William Tyndale
William Tyndale
William Tyndale was an English scholar who became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation in the years leading up to his execution. He is well known for his translation of the Bible into English.
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's translation of the New Testament
New Testament
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The New Testament is the second major part of the Christian biblical canon, the first part being the Old Testament, based on the Hebrew Bible. The Greek New Testament discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christianity. Christians regard both the Old and New Testament…
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: "Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it lighteth all them which are in the house."
 

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