Chapter 16

And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might go and anoint him.

And very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb, when the sun had just risen.

And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll the stone back from the entrance of the tomb for us? "

And looking up they saw that the stone had been rolled back, for it was very large.

But on entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting at the right side, clothed in a white robe, and they were amazed.

He said to them, "Do not be terrified. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here. Behold the place where they laid him.

But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he goes before you into Galilee; there you shall see him, as he told you."

And they departed and fled from the tomb, for trembling and fear had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. Apparitions of Jesus

Now when he had risen from the dead early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

She went and brought word to those who had been with him, as they were mourning and weeping.

And they, hearing that he was alive and had been seen by her, did not believe it.

After this he was manifested in another form to two of them, as they were walking on their way into the country.

And they went and brought word to the rest, and even then they did not believe. Commission of the Apostles

At length he appeared to the Eleven as they were at table; and he upbraided them for their lack of faith and hardness of heart, in that they had not believed those who had seen him after he had risen.

And he said to them, "Go into the whole world and preach the gospel to every creature.

He who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be condemned.

And these signs shall attend those who believe: in my name they shall cast out devils; they shall speak in new tongues;

they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands upon the sick and they shall get well." The Ascension

So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God.

But they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the preaching by the signs that followed. Amen.