# if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea "if they were to hang a millstone around his neck and throw him into the sea" or "if someone were to put a heavy stone around his neck and push him into the sea" # a millstone This is a very large, heavy circular stone that people use for grinding wheat grain into flour. Alternate translation: "a heavy stone" # these little ones "these people whose faith is small" # to stumble "to sin"