Matthew 18:6
Douay-Rheims
But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea.
Jerome
When it is said, It is better for him that a mill-stone be hanged about his neck, He speaks according to the custom of the province; for among the Jews this was the punishment of the greater criminals, to drown them by a stone tied to them. It is better for him, because it is far better to receive a brief punishment for a fault, than to be reserved for eternal torments.
Source details
A.D. 420 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 18:1-6
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.