1On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and she saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
2So she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”
3So Peter and the other disciple went out and were heading to the tomb.
4The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.
5And stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.
6Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there,
7and the face cloth, which had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself.
8Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed.
9For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
10Then the disciples went away again to their own homes.
11But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept, she stooped to look into the tomb.
12And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.
13And they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.”
14Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.
15Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”
16Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher).
17Jesus said to her, “Do not cling 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, to my God and your God.’”
18Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and that he had said these things to her.
19On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
20And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
21Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, I also am sending you.”
22And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
23If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
24Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came.
25So the other disciples were telling him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
26After eight days his disciples were again inside, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.”
27Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
28Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
29Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
30Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
31But these things have been 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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