Lexham English Bible

John 20:12-23 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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

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

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

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

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

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

18. Mary Magdalene came and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and he had said these things to her.

19. Now when it was evening on that day—the first day of the week—and the doors had been shut where the disciples were because of fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace to you.”

20. And when he had said this, he showed his hands and his side to them. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

21. So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you.”

22. And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

23. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them. If you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”