- When the Sabbath was over,
Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that
they might go to anoint Jesus' body.
- Very early on the first day of
the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb
- and they asked each other,
"Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?"
- But when they looked up, they
saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away.
- As they entered the tomb, they
saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they
were alarmed.
- "Don't be alarmed,"
he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He
has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.
- But go, tell his disciples and
Peter, `He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just
as he told you.'"
- Trembling and bewildered, the
women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because
they were afraid.
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When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to
Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.
- She went and told those who
had been with him and who were mourning and weeping.
- When they heard that Jesus was
alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.
- Afterward Jesus appeared in a
different form to two of them while they were walking in the country.
- These returned and reported it
to the rest; but they did not believe them either.
- Later Jesus appeared to the
Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and
their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
- He said to them, "Go into
all the world and preach the good news to all creation.
- Whoever believes and is
baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
- And these signs will accompany
those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in
new tongues;
- they will pick up snakes with
their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at
all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get
well."
- After the Lord Jesus had
spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of
God.
- Then the disciples went out
and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his
word by the signs that accompanied it.
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