John 20
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1Now on the first day of the week, Mary the Magdalene comes early, while there was still darkness, to the tomb, and sees the stone having been taken away from the tomb. 2She runs therefore and comes to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and says to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” 3Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb. 4And the two were running together, and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter and came to the tomb first, 5and stooping down to look in, he sees the linen cloths lying there; however, he did not enter. 6Then Simon Peter also comes, following him, and entered into the tomb, and he views the linen cloths lying, 7and the face-cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself. 8Then therefore the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered, and he saw and believed. 9For they did not yet understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. 10So the disciples went away again to their own homes. 11But Mary stood outside at the tomb weeping. So as she wept, she stooped down to look into the tomb, 12and she beholds two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 13And they say to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She says to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” 14Having said these things, she turned backward and beholds Jesus standing there, and she did not know that it was Jesus. 15Jesus says to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” She, supposing that he is the gardener, says to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” 16Jesus says to her, “Mary.” She turned and says to him in Hebrew, “Rabboni,” which is to say, “Teacher.” 17Jesus says to her, “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.’” 18Mary the Magdalene comes, reporting to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and that he had said these things to her. 19When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were gathered for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst and says to them, “Peace to you.” 20And having said this, he showed them both his hands and his side. The disciples therefore rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace to you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you.” 22And having said this, he breathed on them and says to them, “Receive Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive the sins of any, they have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.” 24But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 25The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe.” 26And after eight days his disciples were again inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus comes, the doors having been shut, and stood in the midst and said, “Peace to you.” 27Then he says to Thomas, “Bring your finger here and see my hands; and bring your hand and put it into my side; and do not become unbelieving, but believing.” 28Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!” 29Jesus says to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.” 30Many other signs therefore Jesus also performed in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book; 31but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
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