“But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.”
But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. The warning against causing the little ones who believe to stumble — the skandalizo language of the stumbling block — is severe: drowning in the sea with a millstone would be preferable to the judgment that awaits the one who causes a believer to fall. The little ones who believe are the humbled-like-children of the kingdom, the vulnerable believers who depend on the community's protection.
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