<p>9:42 <em>And whoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe in me to stumble- </em>The &quot;little ones&quot; of the context could refer to John's disciples, with their limited belief and understanding in the Lord, who perhaps refused to follow after Jesus because they disagreed with the worldly ways of His disciples. And so the Lord urges the twelve not to cause stumbling to those ones little in faith and understanding. See on Mt. 18:6.</p><p><em>It would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea</em>- The very language of Babylon's judgments at the last day. The believer who makes another to stumble by not receiving them is therefore no better than Babylon, the archenemy of God and His true people. And Rev. 18:21 speaks of how&nbsp;<em>Babylon</em>&nbsp;shall be cast into the sea as a millstone- such 'believers' will at the last day face Babylon's judgments, they will be &quot;condemned with the world&quot; (1 Cor. 11:32), sent back into it from the judgment seat of Christ to share the world's fate. Even though externally they had been so separate from the world, so separate that the refused to receive the &quot;little ones&quot;. But this attitude is in fact a worldly attitude; by having it, we are showing that we are of the world.</p>