020:017 "Do not cling to me," said Jesus, "for I have not yet ascended
to the Father. But take this message to my brethren:
`I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God
and your God.'"
020:018 Mary of Magdala came and brought word to the disciples.
"I have seen the Master," she said. And she told them that He
had said these things to her.
020:019 On that same first day of the week, when it was evening and,
for fear of the Jews, the doors of the house where the
disciples were, were locked, Jesus came and stood in their midst,
and said to them, "Peace be to you!"
020:020 Having said this He showed them His hands and also His side;
and the disciples were filled with joy at seeing the Master.
020:021 A second time, therefore, He said to them, "Peace be to you!
As the Father sent me, I also now send you."
020:022 Having said this He breathed upon them and said,
"Receive the Holy Spirit.
020:023 If you remit the sins of any persons, they remain remitted to them.
If you bind fast the sins of any, they remain bound."
020:024 Thomas, one of the twelve--surnamed `the Twin'--was not among
them when Jesus came.
020:025 So the rest of the disciples told him, "We have seen
the Master!" His reply was, "Unless I see in his hands
the wound made by the nails and put my finger into the wound,
and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it."
020:026 A week later the disciples were again in the house, and Thomas
was with them, when Jesus came--though the doors were locked--
and stood in their midst, and said, "Peace be to you."
020:027 Then He said to Thomas, "Bring your finger here and feel my hands;
bring you hand and put it into my side; and do not be ready