The Gospel of
John Chapter 20
(Today's
English King James)
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The first day of the week comes Mary Magdalene early,
when it was yet dark, to the tomb, and sees the stone
taken away from the tomb.
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Then she runs, and comes to Simon Peter, and to the
other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them,
They have taken away the LORD out of the tomb, and we
know not where they have laid him.
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Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple,
and came to the tomb.
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So they ran both together: and the other disciple did
outrun Peter, and came first to the tomb.
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And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen
clothes lying; yet went he not in.
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Then comes Simon Peter following him, and went into
the tomb, and sees the linen clothes lie,
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And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying
with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a
place by itself.
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Then went in also that other disciple, which came
first to the tomb, and he saw, and believed.
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For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must
rise again from the dead.
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Then the disciples went away again to their own home.
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But Mary stood without at the tomb weeping: and as she
wept, she stooped down, and looked into the tomb,
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And sees two angels in white sitting, the one at the
head, and the other at the feet, where the body of
Jesus had lain.
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And they say to her, Woman, why weep you? She said to
them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know
not where they have laid him.
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And when she had thus said, she turned herself back,
and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was
Jesus.
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Jesus said to her, Woman, why weep you? whom seek you?
She, supposing him to be 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.
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Jesus said to her, Mary. She turned herself, and said
to him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
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Jesus said to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet
ascended to my Father: but go to my brothers, and say
to them, I ascend to my Father, and your Father; and
to my God, and your God.
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Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she
had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken these things
to her.
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Then the same day at evening, being the first day of
the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples
were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and
stood in the middle, and said to them, Peace be to
you.
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And when he had so said, he showed to them his hands
and his side. Then
were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.
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Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be to you: as my
Father has sent me, even so send I you.
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And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and
said to them, Receive you the Holy Ghost:
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Whose soever sins you forgive, they are forgiven to
them; and whose soever sins you retain, they are
retained.
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But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not
with them when Jesus came.
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The other disciples therefore said to him, We have
seen the LORD. But
he said to them, Except I shall see in his hands the
print of the nails, and put my finger into the print
of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will
not believe.
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And after eight days again his disciples were within,
and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being
shut, and stood in the middle, and said, Peace be to
you.
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Then said he to Thomas, Reach here your finger, and
behold my hands; and reach here your hand, and thrust
it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
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And Thomas answered and said to him, My LORD and my
God.
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Jesus said to him, Thomas, because you have seen me,
you have believed: blessed are they that have not
seen, and yet have believed.
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And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence
of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
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But these are written, that you might believe that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that
believing you might have life through his name.