Jesus Has Risen
1 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.
2 Very
early on
the first
day of the
week, just
after
sunrise,
they were
on their
way to the
tomb
3 and
they asked
each
other,
“Who will
roll the
stone away
from the
entrance
of the
tomb?”
4 But when they looked up,
they saw
that the
stone,
which was
very
large, had
been
rolled
away.
5 As
they
entered
the tomb,
they saw a
young man
dressed in
a white
robe
sitting on
the right
side, and
they were
alarmed.
6 “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.
7 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.’”
8 Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
[The earliest manuscripts
and some
other
ancient
witnesses
do not
have
verses
9–20.]
9 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.
10 She
went and
told those
who had
been with
him and
who were
mourning
and
weeping.
11 When
they heard
that Jesus
was alive
and that
she had
seen him,
they did
not
believe
it.
12 Afterward Jesus
appeared
in a
different
form to
two of
them while
they were
walking in
the
country.
13 These
returned
and
reported
it to the
rest; but
they did
not
believe
them
either.
14 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.
15 He said to them, “Go
into all
the world
and preach
the gospel
to all
creation.
16 Whoever
believes
and is
baptized
will be
saved, but
whoever
does not
believe
will be
condemned.
17 And
these
signs will
accompany
those who
believe:
In my name
they will
drive out
demons;
they will
speak in
new
tongues;
18 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.”
19 After the Lord Jesus
had spoken
to them,
he was
taken up
into
heaven and
he sat at
the right
hand of
God.
20 Then
the
disciples
went out
and
preached
everywhere,
and the
Lord
worked
with them
and
confirmed
his word
by the
signs that
accompanied
it.