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J O H N 20
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
11 Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped
and looked in. 12 She saw two whiterobed angels, one sitting at the head and
the other at the foot of the place where the body of Jesus had been lying.
13 “Dear woman, why are you crying?” the angels asked her.
“Because they have taken away my Lord,” she replied, “and I don’t know
where they have put him.”
14 She turned to leave and saw someone standing there. It was Jesus, but
she didn’t recognize him. 15 “Dear woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked
her. “Who are you looking for?”
She thought he was the gardener. “Sir,” she said, “if you have taken him
away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.”
16 “Mary!” Jesus said.
She turned to him and cried out, “Rabboni!” (which is Hebrew for “Teacher”).
17 “Don’t cling to me,” Jesus said, “for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father.
But go find my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and
your Father, to my God and your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, “I have seen the
Lord!” Then she gave them his message.
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
19 That Sunday evening* the disciples were meeting behind locked doors
because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing
there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said. 20 As he spoke, he showed
them the wounds in his hands and his side. They were filled with joy when
they saw the Lord! 21 Again he said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent
me, so I am sending you.” 22 Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive
the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you do
not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
Jesus Appears to Thomas
24 One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin),* was not with
the others when Jesus came. 25 They told him, “We have seen the Lord!”
But he replied, “I won’t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands,
put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side.”
26 Eight days later the disciples were together again, and this time Thomas
was with them. The doors were locked; but suddenly, as before, Jesus was
standing among them. “Peace be with you,” he said. 27 Then he said to
Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand into
the wound in my side. Don’t be faithless any longer. Believe!”
28 “My Lord and my God!” Thomas exclaimed.
29 Then Jesus told him, “You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are
those who believe without seeing me.”
Purpose of the Book
30 The disciples saw Jesus do many other miraculous signs in addition to the
ones recorded in this book. 31 But these are written so that you may continue
to believe* that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in
him you will have life by the power of his name.
20:19 Greek In the evening of that day, the first day of the week. 20:24 Greek Thomas, who was called
Didymus. 20:31 Some manuscripts read that you may believe.
Jesus
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John 20:29
