19 ^vOn the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were ^wfor fear of the Jews,¹ Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ^x“Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, he ^yshowed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples ^zwere glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. ^aAs the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ^b“Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 ^cIf you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”