Chapter 20
1 Now on the first day of the week , Mary Magdalene went early , while it was still dark , to the tomb , and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb .
2 Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved , and said to them , " They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb , and we don’ t know where they have laid him !"
3 Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out , and they went towards the tomb .
4 They both ran together . The other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first .
5 Stooping and looking in , he saw the linen cloths lying there ; yet he didn’ t enter in .
6 Then Simon Peter came , following him , and entered into the tomb . He saw the linen cloths lying ,
7 and the cloth that had been on his head , not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself .
8 So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in , and he saw and believed .
9 For as yet they didn’ t know the Scripture , that he must rise from the dead .
10 So the disciples went away again to their own homes.
11 But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping . So as she wept , she stooped and looked into the tomb ,
12 and she saw two angels in white sitting , one at the head and one at the feet , where the body of Jesus had lain .
13 They asked her , " Woman , why are you weeping ?" She said to them , " Because they have taken away my Lord , and I don’ t know where they have laid him ."
14 When she had said this , she turned around and saw Jesus standing , and didn’ t know that it was Jesus .
15 Jesus said to her , " Woman , why are you weeping ? Who are you looking for ?" She , supposing him to be the gardener , 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 , " Rabboni !" which is to say , " Teacher !"
17 Jesus said to her , "Don’ t hold me , for I haven’ t yet ascended to my Father ; but go to my brothers and tell them , ‘ I am ascending to my Father and your Father , to my God and your God .’"
18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord , and that he had said these things to her .
19 When therefore it was evening on that day , the first day of the week , and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews , Jesus came and stood in the middle and said to them , " Peace be to you ."
20 When he had said this , he showed them his hands and his side . The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord .
21 Jesus therefore said to them again , " Peace be to you . As the Father has sent me , even so I send you ."
22 When he had said this , he breathed on them , and said to them , " Receive the Holy Spirit !
23 If you forgive anyone ’s sins, they have been forgiven them . If you retain anyone ’s sins, they have been retained ."
24 But Thomas , one of the twelve , called Didymus , wasn’ t with them when Jesus came .
25 The other disciples therefore said to him , " We have seen the Lord !" But he said to them , " Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails , put my finger into the print of the nails , and put my hand into his side , I will not believe ."
26 After eight days , again his disciples were inside and Thomas was with them . Jesus came , the doors being locked , and stood in the middle , and said , " Peace be to you ."
27 Then he said to Thomas , " Reach here your finger , and see my hands . Reach here your hand , and put it into my side . Don’ t be unbelieving, but believing ."
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 have not seen and have believed ."
30 Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his 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 .