[1] Now on the first day of the week Mary Mag'dalene came to the tomb
early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away
from the tomb. [2] So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and 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." [3]
Peter then came out with the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb.
[4] They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb
first; [5] and stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there,
but he did not go in. [6] Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went
into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying, [7] and the napkin, which had
been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place
by itself. [8] Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also
went in, and he saw and believed; [9] for as yet they did not know the
scripture, that he must rise from the dead. [10] Then the disciples went
back to their homes. [11] But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as
she wept she stooped to look into the tomb; [12] and she saw two angels in
white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at
the feet. [13] 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] Saying this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing,
but she did not know that it was Jesus. [15] Jesus said to her, "Woman, why
are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" 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." [16] Jesus said to her, "Mary." She
turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rab-bo'ni!" (which means Teacher). [17]
Jesus said to her, "Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the
Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father
and your Father, to my God and your God." [18] Mary Mag'dalene went and
said to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that he
had said these things to her. [19] On the evening of that day, the first
day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of
the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with
you." [20] When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. [21] Jesus said to
them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send
you." [22] And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to
them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. [23] If you forgive the sins of any, they
are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." [24] Now
Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus
came. [25] So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he
said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place
my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will
not believe." [26] Eight days later, his disciples were again in the house,
and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood
among them, and said, "Peace be with you." [27] Then 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 faithless, but believing." [28] Thomas answered
him, "My Lord and my God!" [29] Jesus said to him, "Have you believed
because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet
believe." [30] Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the
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.
