Study Desk

Now when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were ^(F1)shut where the disciples were together due to ^(C1)fear of the ^(F2)Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and ^(*)said to them, "^(C2)Peace be to you."

And when He had said this, ^(C1)He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then ^(C2)rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

So Jesus said to them again, "^(C1)Peace be to you; ^(C2)just as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."

And when He had said this, He breathed on them and ^(*)said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

"^(C1)If you forgive the sins of any, their sins ^(F1)have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained."

But ^(C1)Thomas, one of ^(C2)the twelve, who was called ^(F1)(C1)Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

So the other disciples were saying to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in ^(C1)His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, ^(C2)I will not believe."

^(F1)Eight days later His disciples were again inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus ^(*)came, the doors having been ^(F2)shut, and stood in their midst and said, "^(C1)Peace be to you."

Then He ^(*)said to Thomas, "^(C1)Place your finger here, and see My hands; and take your hand and put it into My side; and do not continue in disbelief, but be a believer."

Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"

Jesus ^(*)said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you now believed? ^(C1)Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed."