John 20
1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved from the entrance.
On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
2 So she ran to tell Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, “They've taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they've put him.”
Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, who Jesus loved, and told them, “They’ve taken the Lord away, out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they’ve laid Him!”
3 Then Peter and the other disciple went to the tomb.
Then Peter and the other disciple went out, and were going to the tomb.
4 The two of them were running together, but the other disciple ran faster and reached the tomb first.
They both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first.
5 He bent down, and looking in he saw the grave-clothes lying there, but he didn't go in.
Stooping down and looking in, He saw the strips of linen lying there, but he didn’t go in.
6 Then Simon Peter arrived after him and went right into the tomb. He saw the linen grave-clothes lying there,
Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there,
7 and that the cloth that had been on Jesus' head wasn't with the other grave-clothes but had been folded and placed on its own.
and the handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with the strips of linen, but folded together in a place by itself.
8 Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first went inside as well.
Then the other disciple, who came to the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed.
9 He looked around and believed it was true—for up till then they hadn't understood the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.
For they still didn’t know the Scripture, that Jesus must rise again from the dead.
10 Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.
Then the disciples went back to their own homes,
11 But Mary stayed outside the tomb crying, and as she was crying, she bent down and looked into the tomb.
but Mary stood outside by the tomb, weeping. As she wept, she stooped down and looked into the tomb.
12 She saw two angels in white, one sitting at the head and the other at the foot of where Jesus' body had been lying.
She saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet.
13 “Why are you crying?” they asked her. She answered, “Because they've taken my Lord away, and I don't know where they've put him.”
Then they asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She answered them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they have laid Him.”
14 After she'd said this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, but she didn't realize it was Jesus.
Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she didn’t know that it was Jesus.
15 “Why are you crying?” he asked her. “Who are you looking for?” Assuming he was the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you've taken him away, tell me where you've put him so I can go and get him.”
Jesus asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, “Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You’ve laid Him, and I will take Him away.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned to him and said, “Rabboni,” which means “Teacher” in Hebrew.
Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him, “Rhabbouni!” (which means Teacher).
17 “Don't hold onto me,” Jesus said to her, “for I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them I am ascending to my Father and your Father, my God and your God.”
Jesus said to her, “Don’t touch me, because I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God.’”
18 So Mary Magdalene went and told the disciples, “I've seen the Lord,” and she explained to them what he had said to her.
Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had told her these things.
19 That evening, on the first day of the week, as the disciples were meeting together behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “May you have peace.”
Then, that same first day of the week, at evening, although the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled (for fear of the Jews), Jesus came and stood in their midst. He said to them, “Peace be with you.”
20 After this greeting he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were full of joy to see the Lord.
When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
21 “May you have peace!” Jesus told them again. “In the same way the Father sent me, so I'm sending you.”
So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
22 Saying this, he breathed on them, and told them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
23 If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven; if you hold them unforgiven, unforgiven they remain.”
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them. If you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
24 One of the twelve disciples, Thomas, who was called the Twin, wasn't with them when Jesus came.
Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, wasn’t with them when Jesus came.
25 So the other disciples told him, “We've seen the Lord.” But he replied, “I won't believe it unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger in them, and put my hand in his side.”
Therefore the other disciples were telling him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he told them, “Unless I see the imprint of the nails in His hands, put my finger into the nail prints, and put my hand into His side, I won’t believe.”
26 One week later the disciples were together inside the house; and Thomas was with them. The doors were closed, and Jesus came and stood among them. “May you have peace!” he said.
After eight days, His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been locked, and stood in their midst, and said, “Peace be with you.”
27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand in the wound on my side. Stop doubting and trust in me!”
Then He told Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands. Reach your hand here, and put it into my side. Don’t be doubting, but believing.”
28 “My Lord and my God!” Thomas responded.
Thomas answered Him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 “You trust in me because you've seen me,” Jesus told him. “Happy are those that haven't seen me yet still trust in me.”
Jesus told him, “Thomas, you have believed because you have seen me. Blessed are those who haven’t seen, and yet have believed.”
30 Jesus did many other miraculous signs while he was with his disciples that are not recorded in this book.
Truly, Jesus also performed many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which aren’t written in this book,
31 But these are written down here so that you may trust that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by trusting in him as he is you will have life.
but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, God’s Son; and so that believing you may have life in His name.
