John 20:19-31

19So when it was evening on that same day, the first day of the week, though the disciples were [meeting] behind barred doors for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them, and said, “Peace to you.”

20After He said this, He showed them His hands and His side. When the disciples saw the Lord, they were filled with great joy.

21Then Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you [as My representatives].”

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

23If you forgive the sins of anyone they are forgiven [because of their faith]; if you retain the sins of anyone, they are retained [and remain unforgiven because of their unbelief].”

24But Thomas, one of the twelve [disciples], who was called Didymus (the twin), was not with them when Jesus came.

25So the other disciples kept telling him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the marks of the nails, and put my finger into the nail prints, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”

26Eight days later His disciples were again inside the house, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, though the doors had been barred, and stood among them and said, “Peace to you.”

27Then He said to Thomas, “Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and put out your hand and place it in My side. Do not be unbelieving, but [stop doubting and] believe.”

28Thomas answered Him, “My Lord and my God!”

29Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, do you now believe? Blessed [happy, spiritually secure, and favored by God] are they who did not see [Me] and yet believed [in Me].”

30There are also many other signs (attesting miracles) that Jesus performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

31but these have been written so that you may believe [with a deep, abiding trust] that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the Son of God; and that by believing [and trusting in and relying on Him] you may have life in His name.