Mark 16

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¹Saturday evening, when the Sabbath ended, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome went out and purchased burial spices so they could anoint Jesus’ body. ✦ ²Very early on Sunday morning, just at sunrise, they went to the tomb. ✦ ³On the way they were asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” ✦ ⁴But as they arrived, they looked up and saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled aside. ✦ ⁵When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a white robe sitting on the right side. The women were shocked, ✦ ⁶but the angel said, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body. ✦ ⁷Now go and tell his disciples, including Peter, that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you before he died.” ✦ ⁸The women fled from the tomb, trembling and bewildered, and they said nothing to anyone because they were too frightened. ---------- [The most ancient manuscripts of Mark conclude with verse 16:8. Later manuscripts add one or both of the following endings.] [Shorter Ending of Mark] Then they briefly reported all this to Peter and his companions. Afterward Jesus himself sent them out from east to west with the sacred and unfailing message of salvation that gives eternal life. Amen. [Longer Ending of Mark] ✦ ⁹After Jesus rose from the dead early on Sunday morning, the first person who saw him was Mary Magdalene, the woman from whom he had cast out seven demons. ✦ ¹⁰She went to the disciples, who were grieving and weeping, and told them what had happened. ✦ ¹¹But when she told them that Jesus was alive and she had seen him, they didn’t believe her. ✦ ¹²Afterward he appeared in a different form to two of his followers who were walking from Jerusalem into the country. ✦ ¹³They rushed back to tell the others, but no one believed them. ✦ ¹⁴Still later he appeared to the eleven disciples as they were eating together. He rebuked them for their stubborn unbelief because they refused to believe those who had seen him after he had been raised from the dead. ✦ ¹⁵And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. ✦ ¹⁶Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned. ✦ ¹⁷These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe: They will cast out demons in my name, and they will speak in new languages. ✦ ¹⁸They will be able to handle snakes with safety, and if they drink anything poisonous, it won’t hurt them. They will be able to place their hands on the sick, and they will be healed.” ✦ ¹⁹When the Lord Jesus had finished talking with them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down in the place of honor at God’s right hand. ✦ ²⁰And the disciples went everywhere and preached, and the Lord worked through them, confirming what they said by many miraculous signs. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Luke 24 ·19 John 20 ·15 Matt 28 ·12 Acts 2 ·7 Mark 16 ·6 Mark 14 ·6 Mark 15 ·6 John 21 ·5

Christ at the center

Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'

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