Objects
millstone in Mark 9
MILL-stohn
This thing shows up in Mark 9:42: “Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea with a…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Mark 9:42
“Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.”
What kids can learn
When you hear millstone in Mark, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Mark 9:42 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Mark 9:42
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Whoevercauseoneoftheselittleoneswhobelieveinmetoitwouldbeforhimifhewerethrownintotheseawithamillstonehungaroundhisneck.