21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As (A)the Father has sent me, (B)even so I am sending you.” 22 And when he had said this, he (C)breathed on them and said to them, (D)“Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 (E)If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

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21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you.” 22 And when he[a] had said this, he breathed on them[b] and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them. If you retain the sins[c] of any, they are retained.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 20:22 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal
  2. John 20:22 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. John 20:23 An understood repetition of the phrase from earlier in the verse