Mark - Chapter 16

Passage

And when the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought sweet spices so that they might go and anoint Jesus. And very early in the morning on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb, the sun having now risen. And they said to one another: Who will roll back the stone for us from the door of the tomb? And looking up, they saw the stone rolled back; for it was very great. And going into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe; and they were astonished. He says to them: Do not be afraid. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen; he is not here. Behold the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you into Galilee. There you shall see him, as he told you. And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and fear had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. Now having risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. She went and told those who had been with him, who were mourning and weeping. And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe. And after that he appeared in another form to two of them as they were walking into the country. And they went and told the rest, but they did not believe them either. At last he appeared to the eleven as they were at table, and he reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him after he had risen again. And he said to them: Go into the whole world and preach the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized shall be saved; but whoever does not believe shall be condemned. And these signs shall follow those who believe: In my name they shall cast out devils. They shall speak with new tongues. They shall pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them. They shall lay their hands on the sick, and they shall recover. And the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sits at the right hand of God. And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word with the signs that followed.