Chapter 20                         

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<		 20:1 Then, on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark. There she saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2 She ran therefore, and came to Simon Peter and to [John], whom Jesus loved, and she said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out from the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.”

3 Peter and [John] then went out and came to the tomb. 4 At first the two were running together, then [John] ran ahead, faster than Peter, and came first to the tomb. 5 Stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not enter. 6 Then Simon Peter also came, following him, and he entered into the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there, 7 and the cloth which was upon His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but by itself, having been folded up. 8 Then [John], who had come first to the tomb, entered also, and he saw and believed. 9 For they did not yet understand the Scripture that it was necessary for Him to rise out from the dead. 10 The disciples then went away again to their place.

11 Mary, however, stood at the tomb outside weeping. Then, as she wept, she stooped down into the tomb, 12 and she saw two angels in white sitting, one towards the head and one towards the foot where the body of Jesus had lain. 13 And 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.”

14 Having said this, she turned back around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, “Sister, why do you weep? Whom do you seek?” Thinking that He was the gardener, she said to Him, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have placed Him, and I will take Him away.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” Turning around, she said to Him, in Hebrew, “Rabboni,” that is to say, “Teacher.” • 17 Jesus said to her, “Do not touch Me, for I have not yet ascended towards the Father; go, however, to My brothers, and say to them, “I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.” 18 Mary Magdalene came, then, bringing word to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and that He had said these things to her.

19 On the evening of the same day, the first day of the week, with the doors shut in the place where the disciples were, because of their fear of the Judeans, Jesus came and stood among them, and He said to them, “Peace to you.” 20 Having said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples rejoiced, having seen the Lord. • 21 Jesus then said to them, “Peace to you; just as the Father sent Me forth, so I also send you.” • 22 And having said this, He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive Spirit Devoted [y]. • 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain any, they are retained.”

24 Thomas, however, who was one of the twelve, the one called Didymus [the Twin], was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “If I do not see the mark of the nails in His hands, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.” 26 Then after eight days, His disciples were again inside and Thomas with them. Jesus came, though the doors were shut. And He stood in their midst and said, “Peace to you.” 27 Then He said to Thomas, “Bring your finger here, and see My hands; and bring your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believe.” 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 believe without having seen.”

30 Indeed, many other signs Jesus also did in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book. • 31 These things have been written, however, so that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son out from God, and that in believing, you may have life inside of His name.
 		  
 
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