14. As soon as Mary said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there. But she did not know who he was.
15. Jesus asked her, “Why are you crying? Who are you looking for?”She thought he was the gardener and said, “Sir, if you have taken his body away, please tell me, so I can go and get him.”
16. Then Jesus said to her, “Mary!”She turned and said to him, “Rabboni.” The Aramaic word “Rabboni” means “Teacher”.
17. Jesus told her, “Don't hold on to me! I have not yet gone to the Father. But tell my disciples that I am going to the one who is my Father and my God, as well as your Father and your God.”
18. Mary Magdalene then went and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord. She also told them what he had said to her.
19. The disciples were afraid of the Jewish leaders, and on the evening of that same Sunday they locked themselves in a room. Suddenly, Jesus appeared in the middle of the group. He greeted them
20. and showed them his hands and his side. When the disciples saw the Lord, they became very happy.
21. After Jesus had greeted them again, he said, “I am sending you, just as the Father has sent me.”
22. Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
23. If you forgive anyone's sins, they will be forgiven. But if you don't forgive their sins, they will not be forgiven.”