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Jesus Is Risen!

^1 (C1)Now after the Sabbath, near dawn of the first day of the week, ^(C2)Mary Magdalene and the other ^(F1)Mary went to look at the tomb. ^(VR1)2 And a great earthquake had occurred, for ^(C1)an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away ^(C2)the stone from the opening of the tomb, and sat on it.^3 (C1)The angel's appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were as white as snow.⁴ The guards shook, paralyzed with fear at the sight of him and became like dead men pale and immobile.⁵ But the angel said to the women, "^(C1)Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified.⁶ "He is not here, for He has risen, ^(C1)just as He said He would. Come! See the place where He was lying.⁷ "Then go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you ^(C1)into Galilee as He promised. There you will see Him; behold, I have told you."

⁸ So the women left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to tell the good news to the disciples.⁹ And as they went, suddenly, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!" And they went to Him and took hold of His feet in homage and worshiped Him as the Messiah.¹⁰ Then Jesus said to them, "^(C1)Do not be afraid; go and tell ^(C2)My brothers to leave ^(C3)for Galilee, and there they will see Me just as I promised."

¹¹ While they were on their way, some of ^(C1)the Roman guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.¹² And when the chief priests had gathered with the elders and had consulted together to develop a plan of deception, they gave a sufficient sum of money as a bribe to the soldiers,¹³ and said, "You say this, 'His disciples came at night and stole Him while we were sleeping.'¹⁴ "And if ^(C1)the governor (Pilate) hears about it, we will calm him down and keep you out of trouble."¹⁵ So they took the money they were paid for lying and did as they were instructed; and this fabricated story was widely ^(C1)spread among the Jews, and is ^(C2)to the present day.

The Great Commission

¹⁶ Now the eleven disciples went ^(C1)to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated.¹⁷ And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but ^(C1)some doubted that it was really He.¹⁸ Jesus came up and said to them, "^(C1)All authority (all power of absolute rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.¹⁹ "^(C1)Go therefore and ^(C2)make disciples of ^(C3)all the nations help the people to learn of Me, believe in Me, and obey My words, ^(C4)baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,²⁰ teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, ^(C1)I am with you always remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion, even to ^(C2)the end of the age."