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.”

²⁰ Truly, truly I say to you, the one who receives anyone I send receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me.”

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

⁶ “I have revealed your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me, and they have kept your word. ⁷ Now they understand that all the things that^[a] you have given me are from you, ⁸ because the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they received them^[b] and know truly that I have come from you, and they have believed that you have sent me.