Mark 16:1-8

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Jesus Has Risen^(A)

16 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices^(B) so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. ²Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb ³and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”^(C)

⁴But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. ⁵As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe^(D) sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

⁶“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene,^(E) who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. ⁷But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him,^(F) just as he told you.’”^(G)

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

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Footnotes

Mark 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.

Psalm 118:21-27

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²¹I will give you thanks, for you answered me;^(A)
you have become my salvation.^(B)

²²The stone^(C) the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;^(D)
²³the Lord has done this,
    and it is marvelous^(E) in our eyes.
²⁴The Lord has done it this very day;
    let us rejoice today and be glad.^(F)

²⁵Lord, save us!^(G)
Lord, grant us success!

²⁶Blessed is he who comes^(H) in the name of the Lord.
    From the house of the Lord we bless you.^[a]^(I)
²⁷The Lord is God,^(J)
    and he has made his light shine^(K) on us.
With boughs in hand,^(L) join in the festal procession
    up^[b] to the horns of the altar.^(M)