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If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain [the sins of] any, they are retained."
John 20:23 In-Context
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Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”
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And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
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If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
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Now Thomas (also known as Didymus ), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.
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So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”