John - Chapter 20

Passage

And on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came early, while it was still dark, to the tomb: and she saw the stone taken away from the tomb. She ran therefore and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple 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. Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple: and they came to the tomb. And they both ran together: and that other disciple outran Peter and came first to the tomb. And when he stooped down, he saw the linen cloths lying there: but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb: and saw the linen cloths lying there, And the cloth that had been about his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself. Then that other disciple also went in, who came first to the tomb: and he saw and believed. For as yet they did not know the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. The disciples therefore went back again to their home. But Mary stood outside the tomb, weeping. Now as she was weeping, she stooped down and looked into the tomb, And she saw two angels in white, sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been laid. 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. When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing: and she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her: Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for? She, thinking that it was 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. Jesus said to her: Mary. She turned and said to him: Rabboni (which means Master). Jesus said to her: Do not touch me: for I have not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brothers and say to them: I ascend to my Father and to your Father, to my God and to your God. Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples: I have seen the Lord; and these things he said to me. Now when it was late that same day, the first day of the week, and the doors were shut where the disciples were gathered together for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them: Peace be to you. And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord. He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you. When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them: and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained. Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 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 and put my finger into the place of the nails and put my hand into his side, I will not believe. And after eight days, his disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in their midst and said: Peace be to you. Then he said to Thomas: Put your finger here and see my hands. And bring your hand here and put it into my side. And do not be faithless, but believing. Thomas answered and said to him: My Lord and my God. Jesus said to him: Because you have seen me, Thomas, you have believed: blessed are they who have not seen and have believed. Jesus also did many other signs in the sight of his 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 believing, you may have life in his name.