In verse 37 Jesus said that every disciple who receives such insignificant children is a blessed disciple who will receive his reward. And why would then a believer who does not follow them be considered beneath them (38-41)? Now we come to the other side: they should not dare cause these little ones to stumble, even if it were only one! Let it be the honour of the disciples to avoid and prevent the neglect of even one little person. Then they are truly “the servant of all” and therefore “the greatest.”1
42 Mais, si quelqu'un scandalisait un de ces petits qui croient, il vaudrait mieux pour lui qu'on lui mette au cou une grosse meule de moulin, et qu'on le jette dans la mer.