16:1  When the Sabbath ended, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might come and anoint Him.

16:2  Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

16:3  They said to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?"

16:4  Looking up, they saw that someone had rolled the stone away, although it looked extremely large.

16:5  Entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting at the right, wearing a white robe; and they felt amazed.

16:6  And he said to them, "Do not feel amazed; you look for Jesus the Nazarene, who suffered crucifixion He has risen; He no longer lies here; behold, here we see the place where they laid Him.

16:7  "But go, tell His disciples and Peter, 'He goes ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see Him, just as He told you.'"

16:8  They went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had gripped them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they felt afraid.

16:9  Now after He had risen, early on the first day of the week He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.

16:10  She went and reported to those who had accompanied Him, while they mourned and wept.

16:11  When they heard that He lived and had that she had seen Him, they refused to believe it.

16:12  After that, He appeared in a different form to two of them while they walked along on their way to the country.

16:13  They went away and reported it to the others, but they did not believe them either.

16:14  Afterward He appeared to the eleven themselves as they reclined at the 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.

16:15  And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

16:16  "He who has believed and has received baptism shall receive salvation; but he who has disbelieved shall receive condemnation.

16:17  "These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues;

16:18  they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

16:19  So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, His Father received Him up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

16:20  And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed.] [And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.]