John 20
1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away.
2 She ran to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.”
3 Peter and the other disciple set out for the tomb.
4 The two of them ran together, but the other disciple outpaced Peter and arrived at the tomb first.
5 He bent down and saw the linen cloths lying there, but stayed outside.
6 Simon Peter came up behind him and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there,
7 and the cloth that had been around Jesus’ head. It was not lying with the linen cloths; it had been folded up by itself in a separate place.
8 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, went in too. He saw, and he believed.
9 They had not yet understood the Scripture saying that Jesus had to rise from the dead.
10 Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.
11 Mary remained outside the tomb, standing there and weeping. As she wept, she bent down to look inside.
12 She saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the feet.
13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” She answered, “They have taken my Lord away, and I don’t know where they put him.”
14 After saying this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize it was Jesus.
15 Jesus asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you took him away, tell me where you put him, and I will take him from there.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned toward him and said in Hebrew, “Rabboni!”—that is, “Teacher.”
17 Jesus told her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet gone up to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!” She also told them what he had said to her.
19 That evening, on the first day of the week, the disciples were together behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you,” he said.
20 After saying this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. The Father sent me; in the same way, I am sending you.”
22 With that, he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven; if you hold them against anyone, they are held against them.”
24 Thomas, one of the Twelve, who was called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
25 The other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands, put my finger into the marks, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe.”
26 Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them. He said, “Peace be with you.”
27 Then he said to Thomas, “Bring your finger here; look at my hands. Bring your hand and place it in my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said to him, “You believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
30 Jesus performed many other signs in front of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book.
31 These have been written so that you may believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.
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