John 20:11-19

¹¹As she stood outside the cave crying, she stooped down to look inside the cave.

¹²She saw two angels in very white clothing, sitting at the place where Jesus' body had been laid. One was where his head had been, and the other was where his feet had been.

¹³They said to her, “Woman, why are you crying?” She said to them, “They have taken away the body of my Lord, and I do not know where they have put it!”

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

¹⁵He said to her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?” Thinking that he was the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have taken his body away, tell me where you have put it. Then I will get it and bury it properly.”

¹⁶Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned toward him again and recognized him. Then she exclaimed in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” which means ❛Teacher❜.

¹⁷Jesus said to her, “Stop clinging to me, because I have not yet returned to my Father. Go to my disciples and tell them, ‘I am about to return to my Father and your Father, to the one who is my God and your God’.”

¹⁸So Mary went to where we disciples were and told us that she had seen the Lord alive again. She also told us what Jesus said that she should tell us.

¹⁹On that Sunday evening we disciples gathered together. The doors were locked { We locked the doors} because we were afraid that the Jewish leaders SYN might arrest us. Suddenly Jesus appeared miraculously and stood among us! He said to us, “May God give you inner peace!”