Suddenly Jesus met them and said, "Peace be with you." They came up to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.

When they saw him, they worshiped him, even though some of them doubted.

Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"

You have changed my sadness into a joyful dance; you have taken away my sorrow and surrounded me with joy.

You heard me say to you, 'I am leaving, but I will come back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father; for he is greater than I.

But I am telling you the truth: it is better for you that I go away, because if I do not go, the Helper will not come to you. But if I do go away, then I will send him to you.

That is how it is with you: now you are sad, but I will see you again, and your hearts will be filled with gladness, the kind of gladness that no one can take away from you.

You love him, although you have not seen him, and you believe in him, although you do not now see him. So you rejoice with a great and glorious joy which words cannot express,