SCRIPTURE
John 20: 19-31
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When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the
house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came
and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." 20
After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples
rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again,
"Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." 22
When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the
Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven
them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." 24 But
Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when
Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, "We have seen
the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in
his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I
will not believe." 26 A week later his disciples were again in
the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came
and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." 27 Then
he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your
hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe." 28 Thomas
answered him, "My Lord and my God!" 29 Jesus said to him,
"Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not
seen and yet have come to believe." 30 Now Jesus did many other
signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. 31
But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah,
the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.