John 20:17-23

17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”

20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.

21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”

22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

Cross References

• 1. S Matthew 28:10
• 2. John 7:33
• 3. S ver 1
• 4. Lk 24:10,22,23
• 5. S John 7:13
• 6. S John 14:27
• 7. ver 21,26; Luke 24:36-39
• 8. Luke 24:39,40; John 19:34
• 9. John 16:20,22
• 10. ver 19
• 11. S John 3:17
• 12. Matthew 28:19; John 17:18
• 13. John 7:39; Acts 2:38; Acts 8:15-17; Acts 19:2; Galatians 3:2
• 14. Matthew 16:19; Matthew 18:18