20:1  Now on the first {day} of the week Mary Magdalene *came early to the tomb, while it *was still dark, and *saw the stone {already} taken away from the tomb.

20:2  So 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 do not know where they have laid Him."

20:3  So Peter and the other disciple went forth, and they were going to the tomb.

20:4  The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter and came to the tomb first;

20:5  and stooping and looking in, he *saw the linen wrappings lying {there;} but he did not go in.

20:6  And so Simon Peter also *came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he *saw the linen wrappings lying {there,}

20:7  and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself.

20:8  So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed.

20:9  For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.

20:10  So the disciples went away again to their own homes.

20:11  But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb;

20:12  and she *saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying.

20:13  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.""

20:14  When she had said this, she turned around and *saw Jesus standing {there,} and did not know that it was Jesus.

20:15  Jesus *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.""

20:16  Jesus *said to her, "Mary! She turned and *said to Him in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" (which means, Teacher)."

20:17  Jesus *said to her, "Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, `I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.'"

20:18  Mary Magdalene *came, announcing to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord, and {that} He had said these things to her."

20:19  So when it was evening on that day, the first {day} of the week, and 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."

20:20  And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

20:21  So Jesus said to them again, "Peace {be} with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."

20:22  And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

20:23  "If you forgive the sins of any, {their sins} have been forgiven them; if you retain the {sins} of any, they have been retained."

20:24  But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

20:25  So the other disciples were saying to him, "We have seen the Lord! But he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.""

20:26  After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus *came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace {be} with you."

20:27  Then He *said to Thomas, "Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing."

20:28  Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"

20:29  Jesus *said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed {are} they who did not see, and {yet} believed."

20:30  Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

20:31  but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.