John 20:21-31

21 So Jesus said to them again, "¹Peace be with you; ²as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."

22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

23 "³If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained."

24 But ⁴Thomas, one of ⁵the twelve, called ⁶Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

25 So the other disciples were saying to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless * I see in ⁷His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, ⁸I will not believe."

26 After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, "⁹Peace be with you."

27 Then He said to Thomas, "¹⁰Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing."

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

29 Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you believed? ¹¹Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed."

Why This Gospel Was Written

30 ¹²Therefore many other ¹³signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

31 but these have been written ¹⁴so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, ¹⁵the Son of God; and that ¹⁶believing you may have life in His name.

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Cross References 16

1. Luke 24:36; John 14:27; John 20:19, 26
2. John 17:18
3. Matthew 16:19; Matthew 18:18
4. John 11:16
5. John 6:67
6. John 11:16
7. John 20:20
8. Mark 16:11
9. Luke 24:36; John 14:27; John 20:19, 21
10. Luke 24:40; John 20:25
11. 1 Peter 1:8
12. John 21:25
13. John 2:11
14. John 19:35
15. Matthew 4:3
16. John 3:15

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[a]. I.e. have previously been forgiven
[b]. I.e. the Twin
[c]. Or "A week later"
[d]. Or "locked"
[e]. Or "attesting miracles"
[f]. I.e. the Messiah

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