Mark 16

The Empty Tomb

1Once the Sabbath had passed, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices in order to go and anoint him. 2Very early on the first day of the week, just as the sun was rising, they came to the tomb. 3They were saying to one another, “Who is going to roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb for us?” 4But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back — and it was enormous. 5Going into the tomb, they saw a young man seated on the right-hand side, wrapped in a white robe, and they were shaken. 6“Do not be alarmed,” he said to them. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, the crucified one. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, this is the place where they laid him. 7Now go and tell his disciples, and Peter, that he is going ahead of you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.” 8They went out and fled from the tomb, shaking and beside themselves, and they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

The Risen Lord Appears

9Early on the first day of the week, when he had risen, he showed himself first to Mary Magdalene, the woman out of whom he had driven seven demons.* 10She went and brought the news to those who had been with him, while they mourned and wept. 11And when they heard that he was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it. 12After that he appeared in a different form to two of them as they were walking out into the country. 13They went back and told the others, but they did not believe them either. 14Later he appeared to the Eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he took them to task for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him raised. 15And he said to them, “Go out into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to all creation. 16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17And these signs will go with those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18they will pick up snakes in their hands, and if they drink anything deadly it will do them no harm; they will lay their hands on the sick, and the sick will be well.” 19So the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken with them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God. 20And they went out and proclaimed the message everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through the signs that went with it.