| 20:1 | Now very early on the first day of the week,* while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene* came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.* |
| 20:2 | So she went running* to Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” |
| 20:3 | Then Peter and the other disciple set out to go to the tomb.* |
| 20:4 | The two were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter* and reached the tomb first.* |
| 20:5 | He bent down* and saw the strips of linen cloth lying there,* but he did not go in. |
| 20:6 | Then Simon Peter, who had been following him, arrived and went right into the tomb. He saw* the strips of linen cloth lying there, |
| 20:7 | and the face cloth,* which had been around Jesus’ head, not lying with the strips of linen cloth but rolled up in a place by itself.* |
| 20:8 | Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, came in, and he saw and believed.* |
| 20:9 | (For they did not yet understand* the scripture that Jesus* must rise from the dead.)* |
| 20:10 | So the disciples went back to their homes. |
| 20:11 | But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb. |
| 20:12 | And she saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus’ body had been lying, one at the head and one at the feet. |
| 20:13 | They said* to her, “Woman,* why are you weeping?” Mary replied,* “They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!” |
| 20:14 | When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there,* but she did not know that it was Jesus. |
| 20:15 | Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” Because she* thought he was the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him.” |
| 20:16 | Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She* turned and said to him in Aramaic,* “Rabboni”* (which means Teacher).* |
| 20:17 | Jesus replied,* “Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” |
| 20:18 | Mary Magdalene came and informed the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them* what* Jesus* had said to her.* |
| 20:19 | On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the disciples had gathered together* and locked the doors* of the place* because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders.* Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” |
| 20:20 | When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.* |
| 20:21 | So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you.” |
| 20:22 | And after he said this, he breathed on them and said,* “Receive the Holy Spirit.* |
| 20:23 | If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven;* if you retain anyone’s sins, they are retained.”* |
| 20:24 | Now Thomas (called Didymus),* one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. |
| 20:25 | The other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied,* “Unless I see the wounds* from the nails in his hands, and put my finger into the wounds from the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it!”* |
| 20:26 | Eight days later the disciples were again together in the house,* and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked,* Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” |
| 20:27 | Then he said to Thomas, “Put* your finger here, and examine* my hands. Extend* your hand and put it* into my side. Do not continue in your unbelief, but believe.”* |
| 20:28 | Thomas replied to him,* “My Lord and my God!”* |
| 20:29 | Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are the people* who have not seen and yet have believed.”* |
| 20:30 | Now Jesus performed* many other miraculous signs in the presence of the* disciples, which are not recorded* in this book.* |
| 20:31 | But these* are recorded* 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.* |
John 20 - NET Bible [draft]
