Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. ¹²And oshe saw ptwo angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. ¹³They said to her, q“Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, r“They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” ¹⁴Having said this, she turned around and ssaw Jesus standing, tbut she did not know that it was Jesus. ¹⁵Jesus said to her, u“Woman, why are you weeping? vWhom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be wthe 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.” ¹⁶Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic,2 x“Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). ¹⁷Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to ymy brothers and say to them, z‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to amy God and your God.’” ¹⁸Mary Magdalene bwent and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

¹⁹cOn the evening dof that day, the first day of the week, ethe doors being locked where the disciples were ffor fear of the Jews,3 Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, g“Peace be with you.” ²⁰When he had said this, hhe showed them his hands and his side. Then ithe disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. ²¹Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As jthe Father has sent me, keven so I am sending you.” ²²And when he had said this, he lbreathed on them and said to them, m“Receive the Holy Spirit. ²³nIf you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

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