John 20:20-30

²⁰After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

²¹Jesus then said to them again, “Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.”

²²When Jesus had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

²³Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven; whoever's sins you keep back, they are kept back.”

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

²⁵The other disciples later said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” He said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

²⁶After eight days his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came while the doors were closed, and stood among them, and said, “Peace to you.”

²⁷Then he said to Thomas, “Reach here with your finger and see my hands. Reach here with your hand and put it into my side. Do not be unbelieving, but believe.”

²⁸Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God.”

²⁹Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and believed.”

³⁰Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, signs that have not been written in this book,