| Chapter 16 |
1 | And the sabbath having past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they may anoint him,
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2 | and early in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, they come unto the sepulchre, at the rising of the sun,
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3 | and they said among themselves, 'Who shall roll away for us the stone out of the door of the sepulchre?'
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4 | And having looked, they see that the stone hath been rolled away -- for it was very great,
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5 | and having entered into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right hand, arrayed in a long white robe, and they were amazed.
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6 | And he saith to them, 'Be not amazed, ye seek Jesus the Nazarene, the crucified: he did rise -- he is not here; lo, the place where they laid him!
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7 | and go, say to his disciples, and Peter, that he doth go before you to Galilee; there ye shall see him, as he said to you.'
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8 | And, having come forth quickly, they fled from the sepulchre, and trembling and amazement had seized them, and to no one said they anything, for they were afraid.
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9 | And he, having risen in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, did appear first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons;
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10 | she having gone, told those who had been with him, mourning and weeping;
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11 | and they, having heard that he is alive, and was seen by her, did not believe.
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12 | And after these things, to two of them, as they are going into a field, walking, he was manifested in another form,
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13 | and they having gone, told to the rest; not even them did they believe.
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14 | Afterwards, as they are reclining (at meat), he was manifested to the eleven, and did reproach their unbelief and stiffness of heart, because they believed not those having seen him being raised;
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15 | and he said to them, 'Having gone to all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation;
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16 | he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.
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17 | 'And signs shall accompany those believing these things; in my name demons they shall cast out; with new tongues they shall speak;
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18 | serpents they shall take up; and if any deadly thing they may drink, it shall not hurt them; on the ailing they shall lay hands, and they shall be well.'
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19 | The Lord, then, indeed, after speaking to them, was received up to the heaven, and sat on the right hand of God;
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20 | and they, having gone forth, did preach everywhere, the Lord working with [them], and confirming the word, through the signs following. Amen.
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