John 20:19–29

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

¹⁹So while it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and while the doors were shut where the disciples were, for ^afear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and ^*said to them, “^1bPeace be with you.”

²⁰And when He had said this, ^aHe showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then ^brejoiced when they saw the Lord.

²¹So Jesus said to them again, “^aPeace be with you; ^bas the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

²²And when He had said this, He ^abreathed on them and ^*said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

²³“^aIf you forgive the sins of any, their sins ¹have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.”

²⁴But ^aThomas, one of ^bthe twelve, called ^1cDidymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

²⁵So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in ^aHis hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, ^bI will not believe.”

²⁶And ¹after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus ^*came, the doors having been ²shut, and stood in their midst and said, “^aPeace be with you.”

²⁷Then He ^*said to Thomas, “^aBring your finger here, and see My hands; and bring your hand here and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.”

²⁸Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

²⁹Jesus ^*said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? ^aBlessed are those who did not see, and yet believed.”