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World English Bible

John 20 (WEBP)

[1] Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
[2] Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!”
[3] Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb.
[4] They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first.
[5] Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he didn’t enter in.
[6] Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,
[7] and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.
[8] So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed.
[9] For as yet they didn’t know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
[10] So the disciples went away again to their own homes.
[11] But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb,
[12] and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
[13] They asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they have laid him.”
[14] When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn’t know that it was Jesus.
[15] Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”
[16] Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”
[17] Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
[18] Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.
[19] When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
[20] When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.
[21] Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”
[22] When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit!
[23] If you forgive anyone’s sins, they have been forgiven them. If you retain anyone’s sins, they have been retained.”
[24] But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn’t with them when Jesus came.
[25] The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
[26] After eight days, again his disciples were inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the middle, and said, “Peace be to you.”
[27] Then he said to Thomas, “Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don’t be unbelieving, but believing.”
[28] Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
[29] Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”
[30] Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book;
[31] but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

John 20:16a Rabboni is a transliteration of the Aramaic word for “great teacher.”
John 20:16b or, Master
John 20:24 or, Twin
John 20:29 TR adds “Thomas,”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

John 20 (KJVS)

[1] The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
[2] Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
[3] Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.
[4] So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
[5] And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
[6] Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
[7] and the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
[8] Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
[9] For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
[10] Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
[11] But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
[12] and seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
[13] And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.
[14] And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
[15] Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
[16] Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
[17] Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
[18] Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
[19] Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
[20] And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
[21] Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
[22] And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
[23] whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
[24] But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
[25] The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
[26] And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
[27] Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
[28] And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
[29] Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
[30] And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
[31] but these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

John 20 (BYZ)

[1] Τῇ () δὲ () μιᾷ () τῶν () σαββάτων () Μαρία () ἡ () Μαγδαληνὴ () ἔρχεται () πρωΐ, () σκοτίας () ἔτι () οὔσης, () εἰς () τὸ () μνημεῖον, () καὶ () βλέπει () τὸν () λίθον () ἠρμένον () ἐκ () τοῦ () μνημείου. ()
[2] Τρέχει () οὖν () καὶ () ἔρχεται () πρὸς () Σίμωνα () Πέτρον () καὶ () πρὸς () τὸν () ἄλλον () μαθητὴν () ὃν () ἐφίλει () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς, () καὶ () λέγει () αὐτοῖς, () Ἦραν () τὸν () κύριον () ἐκ () τοῦ () μνημείου, () καὶ () οὐκ () οἴδαμεν () ποῦ () ἔθηκαν () αὐτόν. ()
[3] Ἐξῆλθεν () οὖν () ὁ () Πέτρος () καὶ () ὁ () ἄλλος () μαθητής, () καὶ () ἤρχοντο () εἰς () τὸ () μνημεῖον. ()
[4] Ἔτρεχον () δὲ () οἱ () δύο () ὁμοῦ· () καὶ () ὁ () ἄλλος () μαθητὴς () προέδραμεν () τάχιον () τοῦ () Πέτρου, () καὶ () ἦλθεν () πρῶτος () εἰς () τὸ () μνημεῖον, ()
[5] καὶ () παρακύψας () βλέπει () κείμενα () τὰ () ὀθόνια, () οὐ () μέντοι () εἰσῆλθεν. ()
[6] Ἔρχεται () οὖν () Σίμων () Πέτρος () ἀκολουθῶν () αὐτῷ, () καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () εἰς () τὸ () μνημεῖον, () καὶ () θεωρεῖ () τὰ () ὀθόνια () κείμενα, ()
[7] καὶ () τὸ () σουδάριον () ὃ () ἦν () ἐπὶ () τῆς () κεφαλῆς () αὐτοῦ, () οὐ () μετὰ () τῶν () ὀθονίων () κείμενον, () ἀλλὰ () χωρὶς () ἐντετυλιγμένον () εἰς () ἕνα () τόπον. ()
[8] Τότε () οὖν () εἰσῆλθεν () καὶ () ὁ () ἄλλος () μαθητὴς () ὁ () ἐλθὼν () πρῶτος () εἰς () τὸ () μνημεῖον, () καὶ () εἶδεν, () καὶ () ἐπίστευσεν· ()
[9] οὐδέπω () γὰρ () ᾔδεισαν () τὴν () γραφήν, () ὅτι () δεῖ () αὐτὸν () ἐκ () νεκρῶν () ἀναστῆναι. ()
[10] Ἀπῆλθον () οὖν () πάλιν () πρὸς () ἑαυτοὺς () οἱ () μαθηταί. ()
[11] Μαρία () δὲ () εἱστήκει () πρὸς () τὸ () μνημεῖον () κλαίουσα () ἔξω· () ὡς () οὖν () ἔκλαιεν, () παρέκυψεν () εἰς () τὸ () μνημεῖον, ()
[12] καὶ () θεωρεῖ () δύο () ἀγγέλους () ἐν () λευκοῖς () καθεζομένους, () ἕνα () πρὸς () τῇ () κεφαλῇ, () καὶ () ἕνα () πρὸς () τοῖς () ποσίν, () ὅπου () ἔκειτο () τὸ () σῶμα () τοῦ () Ἰησοῦ. ()
[13] Καὶ () λέγουσιν () αὐτῇ () ἐκεῖνοι, () Γύναι, () τί () κλαίεις; () Λέγει () αὐτοῖς, () ὅτι () Ἦραν () τὸν () κύριόν () μου, () καὶ () οὐκ () οἶδα () ποῦ () ἔθηκαν () αὐτόν. ()
[14] Καὶ () ταῦτα () εἰποῦσα () ἐστράφη () εἰς () τὰ () ὀπίσω, () καὶ () θεωρεῖ () τὸν () Ἰησοῦν () ἑστῶτα, () καὶ () οὐκ () ᾔδει () ὅτι () Ἰησοῦς () ἐστιν. ()
[15] Λέγει () αὐτῇ () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς, () Γύναι, () τί () κλαίεις; () Τίνα () ζητεῖς; () Ἐκείνη, () δοκοῦσα () ὅτι () ὁ () κηπουρός () ἐστιν, () λέγει () αὐτῷ, () Κύριε, () εἰ () σὺ () ἐβάστασας () αὐτόν, () εἰπέ () μοι () ποῦ () ἔθηκας () αὐτόν, () κἀγὼ () αὐτὸν () ἀρῶ. ()
[16] Λέγει () αὐτῇ () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς, () Μαρία. () Στραφεῖσα () ἐκείνη () λέγει () αὐτῷ, () Ῥαββουνί ()—ὃ () λέγεται, () Διδάσκαλε. ()
[17] Λέγει () αὐτῇ () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς, () Μή () μου () ἅπτου, () οὔπω () γὰρ () ἀναβέβηκα () πρὸς () τὸν () πατέρα () μου· () πορεύου () δὲ () πρὸς () τοὺς () ἀδελφούς () μου, () καὶ () εἰπὲ () αὐτοῖς, () Ἀναβαίνω () πρὸς () τὸν () πατέρα () μου () καὶ () πατέρα () ὑμῶν, () καὶ () θεόν () μου () καὶ () θεὸν () ὑμῶν. ()
[18] Ἔρχεται () Μαρία () ἡ () Μαγδαληνὴ () ἀπαγγέλλουσα () τοῖς () μαθηταῖς () ὅτι () ἑώρακεν () τὸν () κύριον, () καὶ () ταῦτα () εἶπεν () αὐτῇ. ()
[19] Οὔσης () οὖν () ὀψίας, () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () τῇ () μιᾷ () τῶν () σαββάτων, () καὶ () τῶν () θυρῶν () κεκλεισμένων () ὅπου () ἦσαν () οἱ () μαθηταὶ () συνηγμένοι, () διὰ () τὸν () φόβον () τῶν () Ἰουδαίων, () ἦλθεν () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς () καὶ () ἔστη () εἰς () τὸ () μέσον, () καὶ () λέγει () αὐτοῖς, () Εἰρήνη () ὑμῖν. ()
[20] Καὶ () τοῦτο () εἰπὼν () ἔδειξεν () αὐτοῖς () τὰς () χεῖρας () καὶ () τὴν () πλευρὰν () αὐτοῦ. () Ἐχάρησαν () οὖν () οἱ () μαθηταὶ () ἰδόντες () τὸν () κύριον. ()
[21] Εἶπεν () οὖν () αὐτοῖς () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς () πάλιν, () Εἰρήνη () ὑμῖν· () καθὼς () ἀπέσταλκέν () με () ὁ () πατήρ, () κἀγὼ () πέμπω () ὑμᾶς. ()
[22] Καὶ () τοῦτο () εἰπὼν () ἐνεφύσησεν () καὶ () λέγει () αὐτοῖς, () Λάβετε () πνεῦμα () ἅγιον. ()
[23] Ἄν () τινων () ἀφῆτε () τὰς () ἁμαρτίας, () ἀφίενται () αὐτοῖς· () ἄν () τινων () κρατῆτε, () κεκράτηνται. ()
[24] Θωμᾶς () δέ, () εἷς () ἐκ () τῶν () δώδεκα, () ὁ () λεγόμενος () Δίδυμος, () οὐκ () ἦν () μετ’ () αὐτῶν () ὅτε () ἦλθεν () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς. ()
[25] Ἔλεγον () οὖν () αὐτῷ () οἱ () ἄλλοι () μαθηταί, () Ἑωράκαμεν () τὸν () κύριον. () Ὁ () δὲ () εἶπεν () αὐτοῖς, () Ἐὰν () μὴ () ἴδω () ἐν () ταῖς () χερσὶν () αὐτοῦ () τὸν () τύπον () τῶν () ἥλων, () καὶ () βάλω () τὸν () δάκτυλόν () μου () εἰς () τὸν () τύπον () τῶν () ἥλων, () καὶ () βάλω () τὴν () χεῖρά () μου () εἰς () τὴν () πλευρὰν () αὐτοῦ, () οὐ () μὴ () πιστεύσω. ()
[26] Καὶ () μεθ’ () ἡμέρας () ὀκτὼ () πάλιν () ἦσαν () ἔσω () οἱ () μαθηταὶ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () Θωμᾶς () μετ’ () αὐτῶν. () Ἔρχεται () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς, () τῶν () θυρῶν () κεκλεισμένων, () καὶ () ἔστη () εἰς () τὸ () μέσον () καὶ () εἶπεν, () Εἰρήνη () ὑμῖν. ()
[27] Εἶτα () λέγει () τῷ () Θωμᾷ, () Φέρε () τὸν () δάκτυλόν () σου () ὧδε, () καὶ () ἴδε () τὰς () χεῖράς () μου· () καὶ () φέρε () τὴν () χεῖρά () σου, () καὶ () βάλε () εἰς () τὴν () πλευράν () μου· () καὶ () μὴ () γίνου () ἄπιστος, () ἀλλὰ () πιστός. ()
[28] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () Θωμᾶς, () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ, () Ὁ () κύριός () μου () καὶ () ὁ () θεός () μου. ()
[29] Λέγει () αὐτῷ () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς, () Ὅτι () ἑώρακάς () με, () πεπίστευκας; () Μακάριοι () οἱ () μὴ () ἰδόντες, () καὶ () πιστεύσαντες. ()
[30] Πολλὰ () μὲν () οὖν () καὶ () ἄλλα () σημεῖα () ἐποίησεν () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς () ἐνώπιον () τῶν () μαθητῶν () αὐτοῦ, () ἃ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () γεγραμμένα () ἐν () τῷ () βιβλίῳ () τούτῳ. ()
[31] Ταῦτα () δὲ () γέγραπται, () ἵνα () πιστεύσητε () ὅτι () Ἰησοῦς () ἐστιν () ὁ () χριστὸς () ὁ () υἱὸς () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () καὶ () ἵνα () πιστεύοντες () ζωὴν () ἔχητε () ἐν () τῷ () ὀνόματι () αὐτοῦ. ()

John 20:4 τάχιον ¦ WH τάχειον
John 20:6 Σίμων ¦ CT καὶ Σίμων
John 20:10 ἑαυτοὺς ¦ NA αὐτούς ¦ SBL WH αὑτούς
John 20:11a εἱστήκει ¦ TH WH ἱστήκει
John 20:11b τὸ μνημεῖον ¦ CT PCK PT RPmg τῷ μνημείῳ
John 20:11c κλαίουσα ἔξω ¦ CT ἔξω κλαίουσα
John 20:14a Καὶ ¦ CT om.
John 20:14b Ἰησοῦς ¦ TR ὁ Ἰησοῦς
John 20:15a ὁ ¦ CT om.
John 20:15b ἔθηκας αὐτόν ¦ TR αὐτὸν ἔθηκας
John 20:16a ὁ ¦ CT om.
John 20:16b Μαρία ¦ CT Μαριάμ
John 20:16c αὐτῷ Ῥαββουνί ¦ PCK αὐτῷ Ῥαβουνί ¦ NA SBL TH αὐτῷ Ἑβραϊστὶ Ῥαββουνί ¦ WH αὐτῷ Ἑβραϊστὶ Ῥαββουνεί
John 20:17a ὁ ¦ CT om.
John 20:17b μου ¦ NA SBL WH om.
John 20:18a Μαρία ¦ CT Μαριὰμ
John 20:18b ἀπαγγέλλουσα ¦ CT ἀγγέλλουσα
John 20:18c ἑώρακεν ¦ CT ἑώρακα
John 20:19a τῶν ¦ CT om.
John 20:19b συνηγμένοι ¦ CT om.
John 20:20 αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῦ ¦ NA SBL TH τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῖς ¦ WH καὶ τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῖς
John 20:21 ὁ Ἰησοῦς ¦ [NA WH]
John 20:23 ἀφίενται ¦ NA SBL WH ἀφέωνται
John 20:24 ὁ ¦ CT om.
John 20:25 τὴν χεῖρά μου ¦ NA SBL WH μου τὴν χεῖρα
John 20:28a Καὶ ¦ CT om.
John 20:28b Θωμᾶς ¦ TR ὁ Θωμᾶς
John 20:29a ὁ ¦ [WH]
John 20:29b με ¦ TR με Θωμᾷ
John 20:30 αὐτοῦ ¦ [NA] ¦ SBL WH om.
John 20:31a πιστεύσητε ¦ NA πιστευ[σ]ητε ¦ SBL TH WH πιστεύητε
John 20:31b Ἰησοῦς ¦ TR ὁ Ἰησοῦς

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.