1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they could go and anoint him. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb after the sun had risen. 3 They were saying to one another, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb for us?” 4 When they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, for it was very large. 5 They entered the tomb and saw a young man sitting on the right, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. 6 He said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’ ” 8 They went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them. They said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. 9 [After Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.] 10 [She went and told those who had been with him, who were mourning and weeping.] 11 [When they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.] 12 [After this, he appeared in another form to two of them as they were walking into the countryside.] 13 [They went and told the rest, but they did not believe them either.] 14 [Later he appeared to the Eleven as they reclined at the table. He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart because they had not believed those who had seen him risen.] 15 [He said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to all creation.] 16 [Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.] 17 [These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;] 18 [they will pick up snakes, and even if they drink anything deadly, it will certainly not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well.”] 19 [So then, after speaking to them, the Lord Jesus was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.] 20 [They went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through the signs that accompanied it.]