 1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought sweet spices so that they might come and anoint Him. 2 Very early + on the first of the week~, they came to the tomb+ at the rising of the Sun. 3 They said among themselves: Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb+ for us? 4 But when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away, for it was very large+. 5 Entering the tomb+, they saw a young man sitting on the right side clothed in a long white garment, and they were frightened+. 6 He said to them: Do not be frightened+. You seek Jesus of Nazareth who was crucified. He is risen. He is not here. Behold the place where they laid Him. Matthew 28:6 7 But go+ and tell His disciples and Peter that He has gone before you into Galilee. There you will see Him, as He said to you. 8 So they went out quickly and fled from the tomb+, for they trembled and were amazed. Nor did they say anything to anyone+, for they were afraid. 9 Now having risen early~, the first of the week~ Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene out of whom He had cast seven demons+. 10 She went and told those who had been with Him as they mourned and wept. 11 When they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe. 12 After that, He appeared in another form to two of them as they walked and went into the country. 13 They went and told it to the rest+ and they did not believe them either. 14 Afterward He appeared to the eleven as they sat down to eat+ and He upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He was risen. 15 He said to them: Go into all the world and proclaim+ the Gospel to all creation+. 16 Those who believe and are baptized will be saved, but those who do not believe will be damned. 17 These signs will follow those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons+. They will speak with new tongues. 18 They will take up serpents and if they drink any deadly thing it will not hurt them. And they will lay hands on the sick and they will recover. 19 So then after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat at the right hand of God. Psalm 68:18 20 And they went forth and proclaimed+ the Word everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the Word with signs following. Amen.
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