17
Jesus said to her, "Don't touch me, for I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.'"
18
Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.
19
When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be to you."
20
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.
21
Jesus therefore said to them again, "Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."
22
When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit!
23
Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven to them. Whoever's sins you retain, they are retained."
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But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn't with them when Jesus came.
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The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."
26
After eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace be to you."
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Then he said to Thomas, "Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don't be faithless, but believing."