Mark 16

Jesus Has Risen

16:1–8pp—Mt 28:1–8; Lk 24:1–10

16When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices^p so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. ²Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb ³and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”^q

⁴But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. ⁵As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe^r sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

⁶“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene,^s who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. ⁷But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him,^t just as he told you.’ ”^u

⁸Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.^a

⁹When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene,^v out of whom he had driven seven demons. ¹⁰She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping. ¹¹When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.^w

¹²Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country.^{x 13}These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.

¹⁴Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.^y

¹⁵He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.^{z 16}Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.^{a 17}And these signs^b will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons;^c they will speak in new tongues;^{d 18}they will pick up snakes^e with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on^f sick people, and they will get well.”

¹⁹After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven^g and he sat at the right hand of God.^{h 20}Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signsⁱ that accompanied it.