1When the Sabbath day was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices that they might come and anoint Jesus' body.

2Very early on the first day of the week, they went to the tomb when the sun came up.

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

4When they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, for it was very large.

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

6He said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. Look at the place where they had laid him.

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

8They went out and ran from the tomb; they were trembling and amazed. They said nothing to anyone because they were so afraid.

9⁸Early on the first day of the week, after he arose, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

10She went and told those who were with him, while they were mourning and weeping.

11They heard that he was alive and that he had been seen by her, but they did not believe.

12⁹After these things he appeared in a different form to two of them, as they were walking out into the country.

13They went and told the rest of the disciples, but they did not believe them.

14¹⁰Jesus later appeared to the eleven as they were reclining at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw him after he rose from the dead.

15He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to the entire creation.

16He who believes and is baptized will be saved, and he who does not believe will be condemned.

17¹¹These signs will go with those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons. They will speak in new languages.

18They will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well.”

19¹²After the Lord had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

20The disciples left and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word by the signs that went with them.