John 20:19-31

That evening, on the first day of the week, as the disciples were meeting together behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “May you have peace.” After this greeting he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were full of joy to see the Lord. “May you have peace!” Jesus told them again. “In the same way the Father sent me, so I'm sending you.” Saying this, he breathed on them, and told them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven; if you hold them unforgiven, unforgiven they remain.” One of the twelve disciples, Thomas, who was called the Twin, wasn't with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We've seen the Lord.” But he replied, “I won't believe it unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger in them, and put my hand in his side.” One week later the disciples were together inside the house; and Thomas was with them. The doors were closed, and Jesus came and stood among them. “May you have peace!” he said. Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand in the wound on my side. Stop doubting and trust in me!” “My Lord and my God!” Thomas responded. “You trust in me because you've seen me,” Jesus told him. “Happy are those that haven't seen me yet still trust in me.” Jesus did many other miraculous signs while he was with his disciples that are not recorded in this book. But these are written down here so that you may trust that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by trusting in him as he is you will have life.