BOOK THREE

Psalms 73–89

Psalm 73

A Psalm of Asaph.

The Appearance to Mary Magdalene^(A)

⁹ Now when Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons. ¹⁰ She went and told those who had been with Him as they mourned and wept. ¹¹ When they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe it.

The Appearance to Two Disciples^(B)

¹² After that He appeared in another form to two of them as they walked and went into the country. ¹³ And they went and told it to the rest, but they did not believe them either.

The Commissioning of the Disciples^(C)

¹⁴ Afterward He appeared to the eleven as they sat at supper, and He reprimanded them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

¹⁵ He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. ¹⁶ He who believes and is baptized will be saved. But he who does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ These signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; ¹⁸ they will take up serpents; if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

The Ascension^(D)

¹⁹ After the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat at the right hand of God. ²⁰ Then they went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.

Final Warnings and Greetings

13 This is the third time I am coming to you. “In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.”^{[a] 2} I told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time. And being absent now, I write to those who have sinned before, and to all the others, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone, ³ since you seek proof of Christ speaking through me, who toward you is not weak, but is mighty in you. ⁴ For though He was crucified through weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. So also we are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God serving you.

⁵ Examine yourselves, seeing whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not know that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified. ⁶ I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified. ⁷ Now I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do that which is honorable, whether or not we may seem disqualified. ⁸ For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth. ⁹ For we are glad when we are weak, and you are strong. We wish even your perfection.