Resurrection!

Mark 16: 1-20

And when the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, & Salome brought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb & they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?" But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, & they were alarmed.

"Don’t be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, Who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. But go, tell His disciples & Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him, just as He told you.’" Trembling & bewildered, the women went out & fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had driven seven demons. She went & told those who had been with Him & who were mourning & weeping. When they heard that Jesus was alive & that she had seen Him, they did not believe it.

Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country. These returned & reported it to the rest’ but they did not believe them either. Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; He rebuked them for the lack of faith & their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

He said to them, "Go into all the world & preach the Good News to all creation. Whoever believes & is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in My name, they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; & when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people; & they will get well."

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven & He sat at the right hand of God. Then the disciples went out & preached everywhere, & the Lord worked with them & confirmed His Word by the signs that accompanied it.