John 20:29
Good News Translation
Jesus said to him, "Do you believe because you see me? How happy are those who believe without seeing me!"

New Revised Standard Version
Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.”

Contemporary English Version
Jesus said, "Thomas, do you have faith because you have seen me? The people who have faith in me without seeing me are the ones who are really blessed!"

New American Bible
Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus saith to him: Because thou hast seen me, Thomas, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen and have believed.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jesus saith to him: Because thou hast seen me, Thomas, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen and have believed.

blessed.

John 20:8 Then that other disciple also went in, who came first to the sepulchre: and he saw and believed.

John 4:48 Jesus therefore said to him: Unless you see signs and wonders, you believe not.

Luke 1:45 And blessed art thou that hast believed, because those things shall be accomplished that were spoken to thee by the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:7 (For we walk by faith and not by sight.)

Hebrews 11:1,27,39 Now, faith is the substance of things to be hoped for, the evidence of things that appear not. . . .

1 Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, you love: in whom also now though you see him not, you believe and, believing, shall rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorified;

Context
Jesus Appears to Thomas
28Thomas answered and said to him: My Lord and my God. 29Jesus saith to him: Because thou hast seen me, Thomas, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen and have believed. 30Many other signs also did Jesus in the sight of his disciples, which are not written in this book.…
Cross References
Matthew 13:16
But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

John 20:28
Thomas answered and said to him: My Lord and my God.

1 Peter 1:8
Whom having not seen, you love: in whom also now though you see him not, you believe and, believing, shall rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorified;

John 20:28
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