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1 Now
on the first
day of the
week, Mary
Magdalene went
early, while it
was still dark,
to the tomb,
and saw that the
stone had been
taken away from
the tomb.
2 Therefore
she ran and
came to Simon
Peter and to
the other disciple
whom Jesus loved,
and said to
them, “They
have taken away
the Lord out
of the tomb,
and we don’t
know where they
have laid him!”
3 Therefore
Peter and the
other disciple
went out, and
they went toward
the tomb.
4 They
both ran together.
The other
disciple outran Peter
and came to
the tomb first.
5 Stooping
and looking in,
he saw the
linen cloths lying
there; yet
he didn’t enter
in.
6 Then
Simon Peter came,
following him, and
entered into the
tomb. He saw
the linen cloths
lying,
7 and
the cloth that
had been on
his head, not
lying with the
linen cloths, but
rolled up in
a place by
itself.
8 So
then the other
disciple who came
first to the
tomb also entered
in, and he
saw and believed.
9 For
as yet they didn’t
know the Scripture,
that he must
rise from the
dead.
10 So
the disciples
went away again to
their own homes.
11 But
Mary was standing
outside at the
tomb weeping. So
as she wept,
she stooped and
looked into the
tomb,
12 and
she saw two angels
in white sitting,
one at the
head and one
at the feet,
where the body
of Jesus had
lain.
13 They
asked her, “Woman,
why are you
weeping?”
She said to
them, “Because
they have taken
away my Lord,
and I don’t
know where they
have laid him.”
14 When
she had said
this, she turned
around and saw
Jesus standing,
and didn’t know
that it was
Jesus.
15 Jesus
said to her,
“Woman, why are
you weeping? Who
are you looking
for?”
She, supposing
him to be
the gardener, said
to him, “Sir,
if you have carried
him away, tell
me where you
have laid him,
and I will
take him away.”
16 Jesus
said to her,
“Mary.”
She turned and
said to him, “Rabboni!”
which is to
say, “Teacher!”
17 Jesus
said to her,
“Don’t hold me,
for I haven’t
yet ascended to
my Father; but
go to my brothers
and tell them,
‘I am ascending
to my Father
and your Father,
to my God
and your
God.’ ”
18 Mary
Magdalene came and
told the disciples
that she had
seen the Lord,
and that he
had said these
things to her.
19 When
therefore it was
evening on that
day, the first
day of the
week, and when
the doors were
locked where the
disciples were assembled,
for fear of
the Jews, Jesus
came and stood
in the middle
and said to
them,
“Peace be to
you.”
20 When
he had said
this, he showed
them his hands
and his side.
The disciples
therefore were
glad when they
saw the Lord.
21 Jesus
therefore said to
them again,
“Peace be to
you. As the
Father has sent
me, even so
I send
you.”
22 When
he had said
this, he breathed
on them, and
said to them,
“Receive the
Holy Spirit!
23 If you forgive anyone’s sins,
they have
been forgiven them. If
you retain
anyone’s sins, they
have been
retained.”
24 But
Thomas, one of
the twelve, called
Didymus,
wasn’t with them
when Jesus came.
25 The
other disciples
therefore said to
him, “We have
seen the Lord!”
But he said
to them, “Unless
I see in
his hands the
print of the
nails, put my
finger into the
print of the
nails, and put
my hand into
his side, I
will not believe.”
26 After
eight days, again
his disciples were
inside and Thomas
was with them.
Jesus came, the
doors being locked,
and stood in
the middle, and
said,
“Peace be to
you.”
27 Then
he said to
Thomas,
“Reach here
your finger, and
see my hands.
Reach here your
hand, and put
it into my
side. Don’t
be unbelieving, but
believing.”
28 Thomas
answered him, “My
Lord and my
God!”
29 Jesus
said to him,
“Because you
have seen
me,
you have
believed. Blessed
are those who
have not seen
and have
believed.”
30 Therefore
Jesus did many
other signs in
the presence of
his disciples,
which are not
written in this
book;
31 but
these are written
that you may
believe that Jesus
is the Christ,
the Son of
God, and that
believing you may
have life in
his name.