*GOSPEL: John 20:19-31
19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and
the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked
for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and
said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he said this, he showed them
his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they
saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As
the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22 When he had said this,
he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy
Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if
you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
24 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve,
was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples
told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless
I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the
mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.”
26 A week later his disciples were again in the house, and
Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus
came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with
you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see
my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not
doubt but believe.” 28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my
God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have
seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have
come to believe.”
30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his
disciples, which are not written in this book. 31 But these are
written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the
Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may
have life in his name.
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