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Jesus said to her, "Mary!" Mary turned around and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" (This word means "teacher.")
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Jesus told her, "Don't hold on to me. I have not yet gone to the Father. But go to my brothers and sisters and tell them, 'I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
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Mary from Magdala went to the disciples and told them, "I have seen the Lord." She also told them what he had said to her.
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That Sunday evening, the disciples were together behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jews. Jesus stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you!"
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When he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were glad to see the Lord.
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Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you."
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After he had said this, he breathed on the disciples and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
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Whenever you forgive sins, they are forgiven. Whenever you don't forgive them, they are not forgiven."
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Thomas, one of the twelve apostles, who was called Didymus, wasn't with them when Jesus came.
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The other disciples told him, "We've seen the Lord." Thomas told them, "I refuse to believe this unless I see the nail marks in his hands, put my fingers into them, and put my hand into his side."
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A week later Jesus' disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!"