^aNow on the first day of the week ^bMary Magdalene *came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and *saw ^cthe stone already removed from the tomb. 2 So she *ran and *came to Simon Peter and to the other ^adisciple whom Jesus loved, and *said to them, “^bThey have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they have put Him.” 3 ^aSo Peter and the other disciple left, and they were going to the tomb. 4 The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead, faster than Peter, and came to the tomb first; 5 and he ^astooped to look in, and *saw the ^blinen wrappings lying there; however he did not go in. 6 So Simon Peter also *came, following him, and he entered the tomb; and he *looked at the linen wrappings lying there, 7 and ^athe face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the ^blinen wrappings but folded up in a place by itself. 8 So the other disciple who ^ahad first come to the tomb also entered then, and he saw and believed. 9 For ^athey did not yet understand the Scripture, ^bthat He must rise from the dead. 10 So the disciples went away again ^ato their own homes.

11 ^aBut Mary was standing outside the tomb, weeping; so as she wept, she ^bstooped to look into the tomb; 12 and she *saw ^atwo angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying. 13 And they *said to her, “^aWoman, why are you weeping?” She *said to them, “Because ^bthey have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they put Him.” 14 When she had said this, she turned around and *^asaw Jesus standing there, and yet she ^bdid not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus *said to her, “^aWoman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Thinking that He was the gardener, she *said to Him, “Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you put Him, and I will take Him away.” 16 Jesus *said to her, “Mary!” She turned and *said to Him ^ain ¹Hebrew, “^bRabboni!” (which means, Teacher). 17 Jesus *said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to ^aMy brothers and say to them, ‘I am ^bascending to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’” 18 ^aMary Magdalene *came and ^bannounced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and that He had said these things to her.

19 Now when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were ¹shut where the disciples were together due to ^afear of the ²Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and *said to them, “^bPeace be to you.” 20 And when He had said this, ^aHe showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then ^brejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 So Jesus said to them again, “^aPeace be to you; ^bjust as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” 22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 ^aIf you forgive the sins of any, their sins ¹have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.”

24 But ^aThomas, one of ^bthe twelve, who was called ^1cDidymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in ^aHis hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, ^bI will not believe.”

26 ¹Eight days later His disciples were again inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus *came, the doors having been ²shut, and stood in their midst and said, “^aPeace be to you.” 27 Then He *said to Thomas, “^aPlace your finger here, and see My hands; and take your hand and put it into My side; and do not continue in disbelief, but be a believer.” 28 Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus *said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you now believed? ^aBlessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.”

30 ^aSo then, many other ^1bsigns Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these have been written ^aso that you may believe that Jesus is the ¹Christ, ^bthe Son of God; and that by ^cbelieving you may have life in His name.