²⁴But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.²⁵So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”

²⁶After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus *came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.”²⁷Then He *said to Thomas, “Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.”²⁸Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”²⁹Jesus *said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.”

Why This Gospel Was Written

³⁰Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;³¹but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.