Mark 16 :: New International Version (NIV)

Jesus Has Risen

(Mat 28:1–8; Luk 24:1–12; Jhn 20:1–10 )

Mar 16:1When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body.

Mar 16:2

Mar 16:2Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb

Mar 16:3

Mar 16:3and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”

Mar 16:4

Mar 16:4But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away.

Mar 16:5

Mar 16:5As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

Mar 16:6

Mar 16:6“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.

Mar 16:7

Mar 16:7But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’ ”

Mar 16:8

Mar 16:8Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.[fn]

[The earliest manuscripts and some other ancient witnesses do not have verses 9–20.]

(Mat 28:9, 10; Jhn 20:11–18 )

Mar 16:9

Mar 16:9When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.

Mar 16:10

Mar 16:10She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping.

Mar 16:11

Mar 16:11When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.

(Luk 24:13–35 )

Mar 16:12

Mar 16:12Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country.

Mar 16:13

Mar 16:13These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.

(Mat 28:16–20; Luk 24:44–49; Act 1:6–8 )

Mar 16:14

Mar 16:14Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

Mar 16:15

Mar 16:15He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

Mar 16:16

Mar 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Mar 16:17

Mar 16:17And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

Mar 16:18

Mar 16:18they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

(Luk 24:50–53 )

Mar 16:19

Mar 16:19After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.

Mar 16:20

Mar 16:20Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.

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NIV Footnotes

(16:8)

Some manuscripts have the following ending between verses 8 and 9, and one manuscript has it after verse 8 (omitting verses 9-20): Then they quickly reported all these instructions to those around Peter. After this, Jesus himself also sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Amen.

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