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Mark chapter 16

When the was over, Mary from Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought so they could go and his body.Very early on the , just as the sun was coming up, they went to the .They were asking each other, “Who’s going to roll the away from the entrance of the tomb for us?”But when they , they saw that the stone had already been rolled away -- and it was a stone.When they went into the tomb, they saw a sitting on the right side, dressed in a , and they were .He said to them, “Don’t be alarmed. You’re looking for Jesus from , the one who was . He has been ! He’s not here. Look -- here’s the place where they laid him.”“Now go tell his -- and -- that he’s going ahead of you into . You’ll see him there, just like he told you.”They went out and ran from the tomb, and . And they didn’t say anything to anyone, because they were .[The earliest and most reliable manuscripts end at verse 8. What follows (verses 9-20) was added later by other writers, probably in the second century, and is not found in the oldest Greek manuscripts such as Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus. While it reflects early Christian tradition, most scholars agree it was not written by the original author of Mark.] After Jesus early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary from Magdala, from whom he had driven out seven .She went and told those who had been with him, who were now and crying.When they heard that he was alive and that she had seen him, they it.After this, Jesus appeared in a to two of them as they were walking out into the countryside.They went back and told the others, but they didn’t believe them either.Later, Jesus appeared to themselves as they were eating. He them about their stubborn refusal to trust and their , because they had not believed the people who had seen him after he had been raised.He told them, “Go into the whole and announce the to .”Whoever and is will be . But whoever refuses to trust will be .And these will accompany : In my name they will drive out evil spirits, they will speak in ,they will pick up with their hands, and if they drink anything deadly, it won’t hurt them at all. They will sick people, and they will get well.After the Jesus had spoken to them, he was into heaven and sat down at the .Then they went out and the message everywhere. The Lord them and the message through the signs that accompanied it.