D&C 54:5 · Matthew 18:6

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 54:5

"And wo to him by whom this offense cometh, for it had been better for him that he had been drowned in the depth of the sea."

New Testament Matthew 18:6

"But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea."

Shared words: drowned in the depth of the sea

Divergences: the gospel supplies the millstone and the neck, which the revelation omits entirely, and specifies the offended as little ones who believe; the revelation leaves the offense unspecified beyond the demonstrative 'this offense'. 'drowned in the depth of the sea' stands at three frozen verses: these two and D&C 121:22, which restores the millstone.

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