Mark 16

¹ When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint him.

² Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they went to the tomb.

³ They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb for us?”

⁴ But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had already been rolled away; it was very large.

⁵ As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed.

⁶ He said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. Look, here is the place where they laid him.

⁷ But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’”

⁸ They went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

⁹ ⟦After rising, early on the first day of the week, Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.⟧

¹⁰ ⟦She went and announced it to those who had been with him, who were mourning and weeping.⟧

¹¹ ⟦When they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.⟧

¹² ⟦After this, he appeared in a different form to two of them as they were walking, on their way to the countryside.⟧

¹³ ⟦They returned and announced it to the others, but they did not believe them either.⟧

¹⁴ ⟦At last he appeared to the eleven as they were reclining at the table, and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him risen.⟧

¹⁵ ⟦And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to every creature.

¹⁶ ⟦Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

¹⁷ ⟦These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues.

¹⁸ ⟦They will pick up snakes, and if they drink anything deadly, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”⟧

¹⁹ ⟦After speaking with them, the Lord Jesus was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

²⁰ ⟦They went out and proclaimed everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through the signs that accompanied it.⟧

⁹⁹ ⟦They briefly reported to those who were with Peter everything they had been instructed to say. After that, Jesus himself sent through them, from east to west, the sacred and incorruptible proclamation of eternal salvation.⟧

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