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John 20:4-16 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

4. They were both running, but the other follower ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.

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

6. Then Simon Peter finally reached the tomb and went in. He saw the pieces of linen lying there.

7. He also saw the cloth that had been around Jesus’ head. It was folded up and laid in a different place from the pieces of linen.

8. Then the other follower went in—the one who had reached the tomb first. He saw what had happened and believed.

9. (These followers did not yet understand from the Scriptures that Jesus must rise from death.)

10. Then the followers went back home.

11. But Mary stood outside the tomb, crying. While she was crying, she bent down and looked inside the tomb.

12. She saw two angels dressed in white sitting where Jesus’ body had been. One was sitting where the head had been; the other was sitting where the feet had been.

13. The angels asked Mary, “Woman, why are you crying?” Mary answered, “They took away the body of my Lord, and I don’t know where they put him.”

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

15. He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?” She thought he was the man in charge of the garden. So she said to him, “Did you take him away, sir? Tell me where you put him. I will go and get him.”

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

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