John 20:21-29

²¹“May you have peace!” Jesus told them again. “In the same way the Father sent me, so I'm sending you.”

²²Saying this, he breathed on them, and told them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

²³If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven; if you hold them unforgiven, unforgiven they remain.”

²⁴One of the twelve disciples, Thomas, who was called the Twin, wasn't with them when Jesus came.

²⁵So the other disciples told him, “We've seen the Lord.” But he replied, “I won't believe it unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger in them, and put my hand in his side.”

²⁶One week later the disciples were together inside the house; and Thomas was with them. The doors were closed, and Jesus came and stood among them. “May you have peace!” he said.

²⁷Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand in the wound on my side. Stop doubting and trust in me!”

²⁸“My Lord and my God!” Thomas responded.

²⁹“You trust in me because you've seen me,” Jesus told him. “Happy are those that haven't seen me yet still trust in me.”