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There are several references to "not taking offense" in The Bible, depending on which translation you prefer. Here are a few found at http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=take+offense&searchtype=phrase&version1=49&version2=&version3=&version4=77&version5=47&spanbegin=1&spanend=73
- Matthew 11:6
- New American Standard Bible
"And blessed is he who does not take offense at Me."
- New American Standard Bible
- Matthew 24:10
- Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then many will take offense, betray one another and hate one another.
- Holman Christian Standard Bible
- Luke 7:23
- New American Standard Bible
"Blessed is he who does not take offense at Me."
- New American Standard Bible
- John 6:61
- English Standard Version
But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Do you take offense at this?
- English Standard Version
- Matthew 13:57
- English Standard Version
And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household."
- English Standard Version
- Matthew 15:12
- Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the disciples came up and told Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard this statement?"
- Holman Christian Standard Bible
- Mark 6:3
- English Standard Version
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him.
- English Standard Version
1 Peter 2:6-8 (English Standard Version)
6For it stands in Scripture:
"Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."
7So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,
"The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,"
8and
"A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense."
They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
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