Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ But Thomas (who was called the Twin ), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.²⁵So the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But he said to them, ‘Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.’ ²⁶ A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’²⁷Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.’²⁸Thomas answered him, ‘My Lord and my God!’²⁹Jesus said to him, ‘Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.’

The Healing of a Boy with a Spirit

¹⁴ When they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them.¹⁵When the whole crowd saw him, they were immediately overcome with awe, and they ran forward to greet him.¹⁶He asked them, ‘What are you arguing about with them?’¹⁷Someone from the crowd answered him, ‘Teacher, I brought you my son; he has a spirit that makes him unable to speak;¹⁸and whenever it seizes him, it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.’¹⁹He answered them, ‘You faithless generation, how much longer must I be among you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him to me.’²⁰And they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, immediately it threw the boy into convulsions, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.²¹Jesus asked the father, ‘How long has this been happening to him?’ And he said, ‘From childhood.²²It has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us and help us.’²³Jesus said to him, ‘If you are able!—All things can be done for the one who believes.’²⁴Immediately the father of the child cried out, ‘I believe; help my unbelief!’²⁵When Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, ‘You spirit that keep this boy from speaking and hearing, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!’²⁶After crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, ‘He is dead.’²⁷But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he was able to stand.