Jesus didn’t say that. He is quoted as saying ‘it would be better’ for them to be drowned.
He could have been speaking of divine retribution for their acts, not that they SHOULD be drowned.
“Jesus didn’t say that. He is quoted as saying ‘it would be better’ for them to be drowned.”
A distinction without a difference. He clearly contemplated their deaths for harming children. Someone would have had to do it. He wasn’t gonna miracle that millstone around their necks.
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