The Holy Gospel

     26 And 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 hither, 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 those who have not seen and yet have believed.

     30 And Jesus did many other wonders before his disciples, which are not written in this book.  31 And these things are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing ye may have life in his name. 

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     1 And Jesus appeared again to his disciples by the sea of Tiberias. And he appeared thus: 2 were together Simon Peter, and Thomas, who is called the Twin, and Nathanael of Cana of Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples.  3 Simon Peter said to them, 'I am going to fish.' They said to him, "We are also going with you." They went and immediately entered the boat, and caught nothing that night.  4 And when the morning was come, Jesus was standing on the shore; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.  5 Jesus said to them, "Children! Do you have any food? They answered Him, No.  6 And he said to them, 'Cast your net on the right side of the boat, and you will catch it.' They threw it, and could no longer pull out the nets from the multitude of fish.  7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "This is the Lord." And when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girded himself with a garment, for he was naked, and threw himself into the sea.  8 And the other disciples sailed in a boat, for they were not far from the land, about two hundred cubits, dragging a net with a fish.  9 And when they came out on the ground, they saw a fire broken up, and fish and bread lying on it.  10 Jesus said to them, "Bring the fish that you have now caught."  11 Simon Peter went and pulled out a net on the ground, filled with large fish, one hundred and fifty-three; And with such a multitude, the net did not break.  12 Jesus said to them, "Come, have your meals." None of the disciples dared to ask Him, "Who art Thou?" knowing that it was the Lord.  13 Jesus comes, takes bread, and gives them fish, too.  14 This is the third time that Jesus appeared to his disciples after his resurrection from the dead.

     15 And it came to pass, as they were suppering, that Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon Jonah! Do you love Me more than they do? Peter said to Him, "Yes, Lord! You know I love You. Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs."  16 And another time he saith unto him, Simon Jonah! Do you love Me? Peter said to Him, "Yes, Lord! You know I love You. Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep." 17 He said to him a third time, "Simon Jonah! Do you love Me? Peter was grieved that he had asked him for the third time, "Do you love me?" And he said to Him, Lord! You know everything; You know I love You. Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep."  18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, when thou wast young, thou didst gird thyself, and went whither thou wouldst; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you up, and lead you whither you will not.  19 And he said this, giving to understand by what death Peter would glorify God. And having said this, he said to him, "Follow me."  20 And when Peter was converted, he saw the disciple coming after him, whom Jesus loved, and who at supper, bowing down to his breast, said, "Lord! who will betray you?  21 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord! And what about him?  22 Jesus said to him, "If I want him to remain until I come, what does it matter to you?" thou shalt follow me.  23 And this word went out among the brethren, that the disciple should not die. But Jesus did not tell him that he would not die, but, "If I want him to remain until I come, what does it matter to you?"  24 This disciple also beareth witness of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true.  25 And many other things did Jesus do; but, if I were to write about this in detail, then, I think, the world itself would not be able to contain the books written. Amen.