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1 It was very early in the morning on the first day of the week. The women took the spices they had prepared. Then they went to the tomb.
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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.
2 They found the stone rolled away from it.
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They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
3 When they entered the tomb, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
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but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 They were wondering about this. Suddenly two men in clothes as bright as lightning stood beside them.
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While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.
5 The women were terrified. They bowed down with their faces to the ground. Then the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead?
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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?
6 Jesus is not here! He has risen! Remember how he told you he would rise. It was while he was still with you in Galilee.
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He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:
7 He said, 'The Son of Man must be handed over to sinful people. He must be nailed to a cross. On the third day he will rise from the dead.' "
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‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ”
8 Then the women remembered Jesus' words.
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Then they remembered his words.
9 They came back from the tomb. They told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.
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When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.
10 Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them were the ones who told the apostles.
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It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles.
11 But the apostles did not believe the women. Their words didn't make any sense to them.
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But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.
12 But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. He bent over and saw the strips of linen lying by themselves. Then he went away, wondering what had happened.
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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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