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1 Now upon the first [day] of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain [others] with them.
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1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.
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2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher.
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2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
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3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
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3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
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4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed at this, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments.
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4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.
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5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down [their] faces to the earth, they said to them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
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5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead?
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6 He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he spoke to you when he was yet in Galilee,
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6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:
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7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
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7 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.' "
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8 And they remembered his words,
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8 Then they remembered his words.
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9 And returned from the sepulcher, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest.
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9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.
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10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary [the mother] of James, and other [women that were] with them, who told these things to the apostles.
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10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles.
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11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
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11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.
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12 Then Peter arose, and ran to the sepulcher, and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which had come to pass.
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12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
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