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.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 20:13 in context
John 20:10–16
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So the disciples went away again to their own homes.
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But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb,
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and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
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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.”
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When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn’t know that it was Jesus.
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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.”
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Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”
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