Matthew 28

Chapter 28

Jesus Is Risen!

^1aNow after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, ^bMary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave.

²And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for ^aan angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away ^bthe stone and sat upon it.

³And ^ahis appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.

⁴The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men.

⁵The angel said to the women, “^1aDo not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified.

⁶“He is not here, for He has risen, ^ajust as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying.

⁷“Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you ^ainto Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have told you.”

⁸And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples.

⁹And behold, Jesus met them ¹and greeted them. And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshiped Him.

¹⁰Then Jesus said to them, “^1aDo not be afraid; go and take word to ^bMy brethren to leave ^cfor Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

¹¹Now while they were on their way, some of ^athe guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.

¹²And when they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

¹³and said, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’

¹⁴“And if this should come to ^athe governor’s ears, we will win him over and ¹keep you out of trouble.”

¹⁵And they took the money and did as they had been instructed; and this story was widely ^aspread among the Jews, and is ^bto this day.

The Great Commission

¹⁶But the eleven disciples proceeded ^ato Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated.

¹⁷When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but ^asome were doubtful.

¹⁸And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “^aAll authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

¹⁹“^1aGo therefore and ^bmake disciples of ^call the nations, ^dbaptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

²⁰teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, ^aI am with you ¹always, even to ^bthe end of the age.”