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Matthew 28 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:1 - After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:2 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:3 - His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:4 - The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:5 - The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:6 - He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:7 - 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.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:8 - So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:9 - Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:10 - Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”

The Guards’ Report

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:11 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:12 - When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:13 - telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:14 - If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:15 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:16 - Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:17 - When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:18 - Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:19 - 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,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:20 - and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
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