Excellent points, xzins. I’d forgotten those scriptures, but it does appear there are different levels of punishment. Now that I think about it, aren’t teachers held to a higher standard, too? I’ll have to look for those verses.
Yes, I agree. Teachers are also held to a higher standard.
And there’s a special contempt for those who harm ‘these little ones’. Better they were drowned in the sea, because something really bad is coming their way.