Mark 16:9-20

International Standard Version

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene^(A)

⁹ After Jesus^[a] had risen early on the first day of that week,^[b] he appeared first to Mary Magdalene,^[c] from whom he had driven out seven demons. ¹⁰ She went and told those who had been with Jesus^[d] and who now were grieving and crying. ¹¹ When they heard that he was alive and that he had been seen by her, they refused to believe Mary.^[e]

Jesus Appears to Two Disciples^(B)

¹² After this, Jesus^[f] appeared in a different form to two disciples^[g] as they were walking into the country. ¹³ They went back and told the others, who didn’t believe them, either.

Jesus Commissions His Disciples^(C)

¹⁴ Finally he appeared to his eleven disciples^[h] while they were eating. He rebuked them for their unbelief and stubbornness, because they had not believed those who had seen him after he had risen. ¹⁵ Then he told them, “As you go into the entire world, proclaim the gospel to everyone.^{[i] 16} Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever doesn’t believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ These are the signs that will accompany those who believe: In my name they’ll drive out demons. they’ll speak in new languages,^{[j] 18} and they’ll pick up snakes with their hands.^[k] Even if they drink any deadly poison, it won’t hurt them, and they’ll place their hands on the sick, and they’ll recover.”

Jesus is Taken Up to Heaven^(D)

¹⁹ So the Lord Jesus,^[l] after talking with his disciples,^[m] was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. ²⁰ Then his disciples^[n] went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the message by the signs that accompanied it.