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Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned toward him and said in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" (This means "Teacher.")
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"Do not hold on to me," Jesus told her, "because I have not yet gone back up to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them that I am returning to him who is my Father and their Father, my God and their God."
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So Mary Magdalene went and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and related to them what he had told her.
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It was late that Sunday evening, and the disciples were gathered together behind locked doors, because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities. Then Jesus came and stood among them. "Peace be with you," he said.
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After saying this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy at seeing the Lord.
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Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, so I send you."
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Then he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
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If you forgive people's sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."
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One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (called the Twin), was not with them when Jesus came.
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So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" Thomas said to them, "Unless I see the scars of the nails in his hands and put my finger on those scars and my hand in his side, I will not believe."
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A week later the disciples were together again indoors, and Thomas was with them. The doors were locked, but Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you."