John 20:1-18

1On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

2So she went running to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said to them, “They’ve taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they’ve put him!”

3At that, Peter and the other disciple went out, heading for the tomb.

4The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and got to the tomb first.

5Stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

6Then, following him, Simon Peter also came. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.

7The wrapping that had been on his head was not lying with the linen cloths but was folded up in a separate place by itself.

8The other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, then also went in, saw, and believed.

9For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he must rise from the dead.

10Then the disciples returned to the place where they were staying.

11But Mary stood outside the tomb, crying. As she was crying, she stooped to look into the tomb.

12She saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus’s body had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet.

13They said to her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “Because they’ve taken away my Lord,” she told them, “and I don’t know where they’ve put him.”

14Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know it was Jesus.

15“Woman,” Jesus said to her, “why are you crying? Who is it that you’re seeking?” Supposing he was the gardener, she replied, “Sir, if you’ve carried him away, tell me where you’ve put him, and I will take him away.”

16Jesus said to her, “Mary.” Turning around, she said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!”  — which means “Teacher.”

17“Don’t cling to me,” Jesus told her, “since I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them that I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”

18Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them what he had said to her.