This is certainly a graphic description of the violence of judgement, and the need to take radical steps to avoid it! The narrative assumes that the Lord Jesus still had the little child in His arms (Mark 9:36-37), even though this discussion was hardly a benign nursery rhyme (interestingly many traditional English rhymes were cautionary and violent tales - because children needed to know the dangers of life). The disciples were still in their spiritual nursery and needed to learn that they had a responsibility for the spiritual welfare of others – particularly those who were spiritually
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