Mark 16
1 Once the Sabbath had ended, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic ointments so that they could go and anoint Jesus' body.
When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought some spices, so that they might go and anoint the body of Jesus.
2 Very early Sunday morning, just at sunrise, they went to the tomb.
Very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb, after sunrise.
3 They were asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”
They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”
4 But when they arrived and looked, they saw that the very large, heavy stone had already been rolled away.
But, on looking up, they saw that the stone had already been rolled back; it was a very large one.
5 When they went into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right, wearing a long white robe. They became very frightened.
Going into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on their right, in a white robe, and they were dismayed; but he said to them,
6 “Don't be frightened,” he told them. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, the one who was crucified. He is risen from the dead. He is not here.
“Do not be dismayed; you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified; he has risen, he is not here! Look! Here is the place where they laid him.
7 Look, this is the place where they laid him to rest. Now go, and tell his disciples and Peter that he's going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there just as he told you.”
But go, and say to his disciples and to Peter ‘He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you.’”
8 They left and ran from the tomb, shaking and confused. They said nothing to anyone because they were too scared.
They went out, and fled from the tomb, for they were trembling and bewildered; and they did not say a word to anyone, for they were frightened.
9 (note: The most reliable and earliest manuscripts do not include Mark 16:9-20.) When Jesus rose from the dead on Sunday morning, he appeared first of all to Mary Magdalene, from whom he'd driven out seven demons.
(note: The most reliable and earliest manuscripts do not include Mark 16:9-20.) After his rising again, early on the first day of the week, Jesus appeared first of all to Mary of Magdala, from whom he had driven out seven demons.
10 She went and told those who had been with him as they mourned and cried.
She went and told the news to those who had been with him and who were now in sorrow and tears;
11 When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they didn't believe it.
yet even they, when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, did not believe it.
12 Later Jesus appeared in a different form to two other disciples who'd left to go to the countryside.
Afterward, altered in appearance, he made himself known to two of them, as they were walking, on their way into the country.
13 They returned and told the others, but they didn't believe them either.
They also went and told the rest, but they did not believe even them.
14 After this he appeared to the eleven disciples as they were eating. He rebuked them for their lack of trust and their stubbornness, because they had not believed those who'd seen him after he had risen.
Later on, he made himself known to the Eleven themselves as they were at a meal, and reproached them with their want of faith and their stubbornness, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen from the dead.
15 Then he told them, “Go to the whole world, and announce the good news to everyone.
Then he said to them, “Go into all the world, and proclaim the good news to all creation.
16 Anyone who trusts in me and is baptized will be saved, but anyone who chooses not to trust will be condemned.
He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who refuses to believe will be condemned.
17 The following signs will accompany those who trust in me: in my name they will drive out demons; they will speak new languages;
Moreover these signs will attend those who believe. In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;
18 they will be able to handle snakes; if they drink something poisonous they won't be harmed; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be healed.”
they will take up snakes in their hands; and, if they drink any poison, it will not hurt them; they will place their hands on sick people and they will recover.”
19 Then, the Lord Jesus, when he had finished speaking to them, was taken up into heaven where he sat down at the right hand of God.
So the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat at the right hand of God.
20 The disciples went out and spread the good news everywhere, and the Lord worked with them, confirming the message through miraculous signs that accompanied it.
But they set out, and made the proclamation everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the message by the signs which attended it. But all that had been revealed to them they reported briefly to Peter and his companions. Afterward Jesus himself sent out through them, from east to west, the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.
