Mark

Resurrection of Jesus

When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go and anoint the body.

 And very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they came to the tomb.

They were saying to one another:

“Who will roll back the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”

 But, as they looked up, they noticed that the stone had already been rolled away. It was a very big stone.

As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man in a white robe seated on the right, and they were amazed. 

But he said to them:

“Don’t be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified; he has been raised and is not here. This is, however, the place where they laid him.

Now go, and tell his disciples and Peter: Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see him there, just as he told you.” 

The women went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them. And they were so afraid that they said nothing to anyone.

He Appears to Mary Magdalene

[[After Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he first appeared to Mary of Magdala, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

 She then went and told his followers, who were mourning and crying. 

But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe it.

He Appears to Two Disciples

After this, he appeared in another form to two of them while they were walking into the country.

They returned and told the others, but they did not believe them either.

He Appears to the Eleven

Later, Jesus appeared to the Eleven while they were at table. He rebuked them for their disbelief and hardness of heart in refusing to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

Mission of the Disciples

Then he told them:

“Go out to the whole world and proclaim the Good News to all creation.

The one who believes and is baptized will be saved; the one who refuses to believe will be condemned. 

 Signs like these will accompany those who have believed: in my name they will cast out demons and speak new languages; 

they will pick up snakes, and if they drink anything poisonous, they will be unharmed; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be healed.”

Ascension of Jesus

So then, after speaking to them, the Lord Jesus was taken up into heaven and took his place at the right hand of God.

The Eleven went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message through the signs that accompanied it.]]