Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 17:2

"It were well for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble." — Luke 17:2 (ASV)

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend—

Or cause to offend—