John 20:11-23

11Mary, however, stood there and cried as she looked at the tomb. As she cried, she bent over and looked inside.

12She saw two angels in white clothes. They were sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying. One angel was where Jesus’ head had been, and the other was where his feet had been.

13The angels asked her why she was crying. Mary told them, “They have removed my Lord, and I don’t know where they’ve put him.”

14After she said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there. However, she didn’t know that it was Jesus.

15Jesus asked her, “Why are you crying? Who are you looking for?” Mary thought it was the gardener speaking to her. So she said to him, “Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I’ll remove him.”

16Jesus said to her, “Mary!” Mary turned around and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (This word means “teacher.”)

17Jesus told her, “Don’t hold on to me. I have not yet gone to the Father. But go to my brothers and sisters and tell them, ‘I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

18Mary from Magdala went to the disciples and told them, “I have seen the Lord.” She also told them what he had said to her.

19That Sunday evening, the disciples were together behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jews. Jesus stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you!”

20When he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were glad to see the Lord.

21Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.”

22After he had said this, he breathed on the disciples and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

23Whenever you forgive sins, they are forgiven. Whenever you don’t forgive them, they are not forgiven.”