21. After Jesus had greeted them again, he said, “I am sending you, just as the Father has sent me.”
22. Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
23. If you forgive anyone's sins, they will be forgiven. But if you don't forgive their sins, they will not be forgiven.”
24. Although Thomas the Twin was one of the twelve disciples, he wasn't with the others when Jesus appeared to them.
25. So they told him, “We have seen the Lord!”But Thomas said, “First, I must see the nail scars in his hands and touch them with my finger. I must put my hand where the spear went into his side. I won't believe unless I do this!”
26. A week later the disciples were together again. This time, Thomas was with them. Jesus came in while the doors were still locked and stood in the middle of the group. He greeted his disciples