John 20:1-18

1Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.

2So she went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

3Then Peter and the other disciple set out to go to the tomb.

4The two were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.

5He bent down and saw the strips of linen cloth lying there, but he did not go in.

6Then Simon Peter, who had been following him, arrived and went right into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen cloth lying there,

7and the face cloth, which had been around Jesus’ head, not lying with the strips of linen cloth but rolled up in a place by itself.

8Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, came in, and he saw and believed.

9(For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.)

10So the disciples went back to their homes.

11But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb.

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

13They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” Mary replied, “They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!”

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

15Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him.”

16Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni” (which means Teacher).

17Jesus replied, “Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

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