Psalm 118:1-9

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Psalm 118

¹Give thanks to the Lord,^(A) for he is good;^(B)
his love endures forever.^(C)

²Let Israel say:^(D)
    “His love endures forever.”^(E)
³Let the house of Aaron say:^(F)
    “His love endures forever.”
⁴Let those who fear the Lord^(G) say:
    “His love endures forever.”

⁵When hard pressed,^(H) I cried to the Lord;
    he brought me into a spacious place.^(I)
⁶The Lord is with me;^(J) I will not be afraid.
    What can mere mortals do to me?^(K)
⁷The Lord is with me; he is my helper.^(L)
    I look in triumph on my enemies.^(M)

⁸It is better to take refuge in the Lord^(N)
than to trust in humans.^(O)
⁹It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in princes.^(P)

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Psalm 118:15-24

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¹⁵Shouts of joy^(A) and victory
    resound in the tents of the righteous:
“The Lord’s right hand^(B) has done mighty things!^(C)
¹⁶    The Lord’s right hand is lifted high;
    the Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!”
¹⁷I will not die^(D) but live,
    and will proclaim^(E) what the Lord has done.
¹⁸The Lord has chastened^(F) me severely,
    but he has not given me over to death.^(G)
¹⁹Open for me the gates^(H) of the righteous;
    I will enter^(I) and give thanks to the Lord.
²⁰This is the gate of the Lord^(J)
    through which the righteous may enter.^(K)
²¹I will give you thanks, for you answered me;^(L)
    you have become my salvation.^(M)

²²The stone^(N) the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;^(O)
²³the Lord has done this,
    and it is marvelous^(P) in our eyes.
²⁴The Lord has done it this very day;
    let us rejoice today and be glad.^(Q)

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John 20:1-18

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The Empty Tomb^(A)

20 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene^(B) went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.^(C) ²So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved,^(D) and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”^(E)

³So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb.^(F) ⁴Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. ⁵He bent over and looked in^(G) at the strips of linen^(H) lying there but did not go in. ⁶Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, ⁷as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head.^(I) The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. ⁸Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first,^(J) also went inside. He saw and believed. ⁹(They still did not understand from Scripture^(K) that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)^(L) ¹⁰Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb^(M) ¹²and saw two angels in white,^(N) seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

¹³They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”^(O)

“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”^(P) ¹⁴At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there,^(Q) but she did not realize that it was Jesus.^(R)

¹⁵He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?^(S) Who is it you are looking for?”

Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”

¹⁶Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic,^(T) “Rabboni!”^(U) (which means “Teacher”).

¹⁷Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers^(V) and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father^(W) and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

¹⁸Mary Magdalene^(X) went to the disciples^(Y) with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.

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