17. Jesus said to her, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go unto my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and unto my God and your God.

18. Mary Magdalene goes and announces to her disciples that she has seen the Lord and that He has told her this.

19. On the same first day of the week, in the evening, when the doors of the house where his disciples were gathered were shut for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be unto you!

20. When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

21. And Jesus said to them a second time, "Peace be unto you! as the Father has sent me, so do I send you.

22. When he had said this, he breathed and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit."

23. To whom you forgive sins, they will be forgiven; on whom you leave, they will remain.

24. But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Twin, was not there with them when Jesus came.

25. The other disciples said to him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said unto them, Unless I see the wounds of the nails in his hands, and put my finger into the wounds of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.

26. After eight days his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, when the doors were shut, stood in the midst of them, and said, Peace be unto you!

27. Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands; Give thy hand and put it into my side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.

28. Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord and my God!

29. Jesus said to him, "You have believed because you have seen me; Blessed are they that have not seen and yet believed.

30. Jesus performed many other miracles before his disciples, which are not written in this book.