Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb
early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been
taken away from the tomb. 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.” So Peter went out with the other disciple, and
they were going toward the tomb. Both of them were running
together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb
first. And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying
there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him,
and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, and
the face cloth, which had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the
linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. Then the other
disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw
and believed; for as yet they did not understand the Scripture,
that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to
their homes.

  But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she
stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white,
sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one
at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She
said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know
where they have laid him.” Having said this, she turned around and
saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. 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.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to
him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). Jesus said to
her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the
Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to
my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene
went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and
that he had said these things to her.

  On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors
being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus
came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then
the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them
again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am
sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and
said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of
any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any,
it is withheld.”

  Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them
when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the
Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of
the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and
place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

  Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was
with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood
among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 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 disbelieve, but believe.” Thomas
answered him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you
believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not
seen and yet have believed.”

  Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples,
which are not written in this book; but these are written so that
you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that
by believing you may have life in his name.

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