John 20:17-31

¹⁷Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

¹⁸Mary the Magdalene cometh, bringing word to the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.

¹⁹When therefore it was evening on that day, which was the first day of the week, and the doors where the disciples were had been shut for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, Peace be to you!

²⁰And having said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord.

²¹Then he said to them again, Peace be to you! As the Father hath sent me, I also send you.

²²And having said this, he breathed on them, and saith to them, Receive the Holy Spirit.

²³Whosever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; whosever ye retain, they are retained.

²⁴But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

²⁵The other disciples therefore said to him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I shall not believe.

²⁶And after eight days the disciples were again within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be to you!

²⁷Then he saith to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands, and reach forth thy hand, and put it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing.

²⁸Thomas answered and said to him, My Lord and my God!

²⁹Jesus saith to him, Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed; blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed.

³⁰Many other signs did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book.

³¹But these have been written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.