Mark 16

RESURRECTION MORNING

16Whenⁿ the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene,^o Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they could go and anoint him. ²Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week,^p they went to the tomb^q at sunrise. ³They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us?” ⁴Looking up, they noticed that the stone—which was very large—had been rolled away.

⁵When^r they entered the tomb,^s they saw a young man^t dressed^u in a white^v robe sitting on the right side; they were alarmed. ⁶“Don’t be alarmed,” he told them. “You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth,^w who was crucified. He has risen!^x He is not here. See the place where they put him. ⁷But go, tell his disciples and Peter,^y ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee;^z you will see him there just as he told you.’ ”

⁸They went out and ran from the tomb,^aa because trembling and astonishment overwhelmed them. And they said nothing to anyone,^ab since they were afraid.

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THE LONGER ENDING OF MARK: APPEARANCES OF THE RISEN LORD

[⁹Early^ac on the first day of the week,^ad after he had risen,^ae he appeared first to Mary Magdalene,^af out of whom he had driven seven demons.^{ag 10}She went and reported to those who had been with him, as they were mourning and weeping. ¹¹Yet, when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe it.^ah

¹²After this, he appeared^ai in a different form to two of them walking on their way into the country.^{aj 13}And they went and reported it to the rest, who did not believe them either.

THE GREAT COMMISSION

¹⁴Later he appeared to the Eleven^ak themselves as they were reclining at the table. He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw him after he had risen.^{al 15}Then^am he said to them, “Go into all the world^an and preach the gospel to all creation.^{ao 16}Whoever believes^ap and is baptized will be saved,^aq but whoever does not believe will be condemned.^{ar 17}And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;^{B 18}they will pick up snakes;^Cas if they should drink anything deadly, it will not harm^at them; they will lay hands on^au the sick, and they will get well.”

THE ASCENSION

¹⁹So the Lord Jesus, after speaking to them,^av was taken up into heaven^aw and sat down at the right hand^ax of God. ²⁰And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word by the accompanying signs.]