Jesus Appears to His Disciples

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,^(A) Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace^(B) be with you!”^{(C) 20} After he said this, he showed them his hands and side.^(D) The disciples were overjoyed^(E) when they saw the Lord.

²¹ Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you!^(F) As the Father has sent me,^(G) I am sending you.”^{(H) 22} And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.^{(I) 23} If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”^(J)

¹⁹ Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me.^(A) Because I live, you also will live.^{(B) 20} On that day^(C) you will realize that I am in my Father,^(D) and you are in me, and I am in you.^{(E) 21} Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.^(F) The one who loves me will be loved by my Father,^(G) and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

²² Then Judas^(H) (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”^(I)

²³ Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.^(J) My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.^{(K) 24} Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.^(L)