Isaiah 65:17-25

English Standard Version

New Heavens and a New Earth

¹⁷“For behold, ^(A)I create new heavens
    and a new earth,
and the former things shall not be remembered
    or come into mind.
¹⁸But be glad and rejoice forever
    in that which I create;
for behold, ^(B)I create Jerusalem to be a joy,
    and her people to be a gladness.
¹⁹^(C)I will rejoice in Jerusalem
    and be glad in my people;
^(D)no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping
    and the cry of distress.
²⁰No more shall there be in it
    an infant who lives but a few days,
    or an old man who does not fill out his days,
for ^(E)the young man shall die a hundred years old,
    and ^(F)the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
²¹^(G)They shall build houses and inhabit them;
    they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
²²^(H)They shall not build and another inhabit;
    they shall not plant and another eat;
^(I)for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
    and my chosen shall long enjoy^[a] the work of their hands.
²³^(J)They shall not labor in vain
    ^(K)or bear children for calamity,^[b]
for ^(L)they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,
    and their descendants with them.
²⁴^(M)Before they call I will answer;
    ^(N)while they are yet speaking I will hear.
²⁵^(O)The wolf and the lamb shall graze together;
    the lion shall eat straw like the ox,
    and ^(P)dust shall be the serpent's food.
^(Q)They shall not hurt or destroy
    in all my holy mountain,”
says the Lord.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 65:22 Hebrew shall wear out
Isaiah 65:23 Or for sudden terror

Mark 16

English Standard Version

The Resurrection

16 ^(A)^(B)When the Sabbath was past, ^(C)Mary Magdalene, ^(D)Mary the mother of James, and ^(E)Salome ^(F)bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. ²And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. ³And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away ^(G)the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” ⁴And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—^(H)it was very large. ⁵And ^(I)entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, ^(J)dressed in ^(K)a white robe, and ^(L)they were alarmed. ⁶And he said to them, ^(M)“Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. ⁷But go, tell his disciples and Peter that ^(N)he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, ^(O)just as he told you.” ⁸And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

[Some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9–20.]^[a]

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

⁹[[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, ^(P)he appeared first to ^(Q)Mary Magdalene, ^(R)from whom he had cast out seven demons. ¹⁰^(S)She went and told those who had been with him, ^(T)as they ^(U)mourned and wept. ¹¹But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they ^(V)would not believe it.

Jesus Appears to Two Disciples

¹²^(W)After these things ^(X)he appeared in ^(Y)another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. ¹³^(Z)And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

The Great Commission

¹⁴Afterward ^(AA)he appeared ^(AB)to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their ^(AC)unbelief and ^(AD)hardness of heart, because ^(AE)they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. ¹⁵And he said to them, ^(AF)“Go into all the world and ^(AG)proclaim the gospel to ^(AH)the whole creation. ¹⁶^(AI)Whoever believes and is ^(AJ)baptized ^(AK)will be saved, but ^(AL)whoever ^(AM)does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷And ^(AN)these signs will accompany those who believe: ^(AO)in my name they will cast out demons; ^(AP)they will speak in new tongues; ¹⁸^(AQ)they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; ^(AR)they will lay their hands ^(AS)on the sick, and they will recover.”

¹⁹So then the Lord Jesus, ^(AT)after he had spoken to them, ^(AU)was taken up into heaven and ^(AV)sat down at the right hand of God. ²⁰And they went out and preached everywhere, while ^(AW)the Lord worked with them and confirmed ^(AX)the message ^(AY)by accompanying signs.]]

Footnotes

Mark 16:9 Some manuscripts end the book with 16:8; others include verses 9–20 immediately after verse 8. At least one manuscript inserts additional material after verse 14; some manuscripts include after verse 8 the following: But they reported briefly to Peter and those with him all that they had been told. And after this, Jesus himself sent out by means of them, from east to west, the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. These manuscripts then continue with verses 9–20