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And when he had said this, he showed unto them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord.
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Jesus therefore said to them again,
Peace [be] unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
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And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them,
Receive ye the Holy Spirit:
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whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained.
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But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
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The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.
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And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said,
Peace [be] unto you.
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Then saith he to Thomas,
Reach hither thy finger, and see my hands; and reach [hither] thy hand, and put it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
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Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
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Jesus saith unto him,
Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed.
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Many other signs therefore did Jesus in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book: