Faith Uses Keys
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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.”
Jesus Appears to Thomas24 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus[a
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]), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.25 So the
other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”
But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger
where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them.
Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace
be with you!” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands.
Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed
are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
The Purpose of John’s Gospel30 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence
of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. 31 But these are written
that you may believe[b
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] that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have
life in his name.
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