Good News Translation GNT
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1 After the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices to go and anoint the body of Jesus.
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When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
2 Very early on Sunday morning, at sunrise, they went to the tomb.
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Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.
3 On the way they said to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?" (It was a very large stone.) Then they looked up and saw that the stone had already been rolled back.
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They were saying among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?"
5 So they entered the tomb, where they saw a young man sitting at the right, wearing a white robe - and they were alarmed.
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Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed.
6 "Don't be alarmed," he said. "I know you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is not here - he has been raised! Look, here is the place where he was placed.
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He said to them, "Don't be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!
7 Now go and give this message to his disciples, including Peter: "He is going to Galilee ahead of you; there you will see him, just as he told you.' "
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But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.'"
8 So they went out and ran from the tomb, distressed and terrified. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
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They went out, and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid.
9 After Jesus rose from death early on Sunday, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons.
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Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
10 She went and told his companions. They were mourning and crying;
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She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
11 and when they heard her say that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe her.
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When they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disbelieved.
12 After this, Jesus appeared in a different manner to two of them while they were on their way to the country.
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After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country.
13 They returned and told the others, but these would not believe it.
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They went away and told it to the rest. They didn't believe them, either.
14 Last of all, Jesus appeared to the eleven disciples as they were eating. He scolded them, because they did not have faith and because they were too stubborn to believe those who had seen him alive.
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Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn't believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
15 He said to them, "Go throughout the whole world and preach the gospel to all people.
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He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.
16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.
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He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
17 Believers will be given the power to perform miracles: they will drive out demons in my name; they will speak in strange tongues;
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These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;
18 if they pick up snakes or drink any poison, they will not be harmed; they will place their hands on sick people, and these will get well."
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they will take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."
19 After the Lord Jesus had talked with them, he was taken up to heaven and sat at the right side of God.
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So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
20 The disciples went and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and proved that their preaching was true by the miracles that were performed.
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They went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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