When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of
James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint
him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had
risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another,
“Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the
tomb?” And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled
back—it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man
sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were
alarmed. And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of
Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the
place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter
that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him,
just as he told you.” And they went out and fled from the tomb, for
trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing
to anyone, for they were afraid.
[Some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9–20.]
[[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he
appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven
demons. She went and told those who had been with him, as they
mourned and wept. But when they heard that he was alive and had
been seen by her, they would not believe it.
After these things he appeared in another form to two of them, as
they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the
rest, but they did not believe them.
Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were
reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and
hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him
after he had risen. And he said to them, “Go into all the world and
proclaim the gospel to the whole 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 cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any
deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on
the sick, and they will recover.”
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up
into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went
out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and
confirmed the message by accompanying signs.]]
