John 20:23-25

Expanded Bible

²³ If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven. If you ·don’t forgive them [withhold forgiveness; ^Lretain the sins of any; Matt. 16:19; 18:18], they are not forgiven.”

Jesus Appears to Thomas

²⁴ Thomas (called Didymus [^Cmeaning “the Twin”]), who was one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵ The other ·followers [disciples] kept telling Thomas, “We saw the Lord.”

But Thomas said, “I will not believe it until I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were and put my hand into his side.”