| | 1 | After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. | |
| | 2 | There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. | |
| | 3 | His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. | |
| | 4 | The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. | |
| | 5 | The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. | |
| | 6 | He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. | |
| | 7 | Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you." | |
| | 8 | So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. | |
| | 9 | Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. | |
| | 10 | Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me." | |
| | 11 | While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. | |
| | 12 | When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, | |
| | 13 | telling them, "You are to say, 'His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.' | |
| | 14 | If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble." | |
| | 15 | So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day. | |
| | 16 | Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. | |
| | 17 | When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. | |
| | 18 | Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. | |
| | 19 | Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, | |
| | 20 | and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." | |
