Mark 16

Moffatt^{(i) 1} And when the sabbath had passed Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought some spices in order to go and anoint him; ² and very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb, after sunrise. ³ They said to themselves, "Who will roll away the boulder for us at the opening of the tomb?" (for it was a very large boulder). ⁴ But when they looked they saw the boulder had been rolled to one side, ⁵ and on entering the tomb they saw a youth sitting on the right dressed in a white robe. They were bewildered, ⁶ but he said to them, "Do not be bewildered. You are looking for Jesus of Nazaret, who was crucified? He has risen, he is not here. That is the place where he was laid. ⁷ Go you and tell his disciples and Peter, 'He precedes you to Galilee; you shall see him there, as he told you.'" ⁸ And they fled out of the tomb, for they were seized with terror and beside themselves. They said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid of — . ⁹ (a) Now after he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdala out of whom he had cast seven daemons. ¹⁰ She went and reported it to those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept; ¹¹ but although they heard he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. ¹² After this he appeared in another form to two of them as they were walking on their way to the country. ¹³ They too went and reported it to the rest, but they would not believe them either. ¹⁴ Afterwards he appeared at table to the eleven themselves and reproached them for their unbelief and dulness of mind, because they had not believed those who saw him risen from the dead. [But they excused themselves, saying, "This age of lawlessness and unbelief lies under the sway of Satan, who will not allow what lies under the unclean spirits to understand the truth and power of God; therefore," they said to Christ, "reveal your righteousness now." Christ answered them, "The term of years for Satan's power has now expired, but other terrors are at hand. I was delivered to death on behalf of sinners, that they might return to the truth and sin no more, that they might inherit that glory of righteousness which is spiritual and imperishable in heaven."] ¹⁵ And he said to them, "Go to all the world and preach the gospel to every creature: ¹⁶ he who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who will not believe shall be condemned. ¹⁷ And for those who believe, these miracles will follow: they will cast out daemons in my name, they will talk in foreign tongues, ¹⁸ they will handle serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick and make them well." ¹⁹ Then after speaking to them the Lord Jesus was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God, ²⁰ while they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the miracles that endorsed it. (b) But they gave Peter and his companions a brief account of all these injunctions. And, after that, Jesus himself sent out by means of them from east to west the sacred and imperishable message of eternal salvation.