Read this Bible verse.
M
"If anyone causes one of these little ones-those who believe in me-to stumble, it would
be
better for them to have
a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned
in
the
depths of the sea." (Matthew 18
:
6
, New International Version)
How does Mr. Bumble's mention of a millstone in paragraph 1 of the passage relate to this
verse?
B
Mr. Bumble means to say that the undertaker is saving Oliver from having to work in a
mill, a dangerous place for little boys.
Mr. Bumble mentions a millstone to tell the undertaker than he knowingly treats childre
poorly and should be punished for mistreating them.
Mr. Bumble is telling the undertaker that if Oliver becomes a burden, the undertaker c
send Oliver to work on a ship or try to cause him harm.
Mr. Bumble uses the metaphor to show that Oliver is a heavy burden for him to bear
but he misuses the idea, because he is one of the
people causing Oliver's suffering-