AFTER THE SABBATH, AT DAWN ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, MARY MAGDALENE AND THE OTHER MARY WENT TO LOOK AT THE TOMB.
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THERE WAS A VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE, FOR AN ANGEL OF THE LORD CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND, GOING TO THE TOMB, ROLLED BACK THE STONE AND SAT ON IT.
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HIS APPEARANCE WAS LIKE LIGHTNING, AND HIS CLOTHES WERE WHITE AS SNOW.
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THE GUARDS WERE SO AFRAID OF HIM THAT THEY SHOOK AND BECAME LIKE DEAD MEN.
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THE ANGEL SAID TO THE WOMEN, 'DO NOT BE AFRAID, FOR I KNOW THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR JESUS, WHO WAS CRUCIFIED.
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HE IS NOT HERE; HE HAS RISEN, JUST AS HE SAID. COME AND SEE THE PLACE WHERE HE LAY.
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THEN GO QUICKLY AND TELL HIS DISCIPLES: 'HE HAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD AND IS GOING AHEAD OF YOU INTO GALILEE. THERE YOU WILL SEE HIM.' NOW I HAVE TOLD YOU.'
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SO THE WOMEN HURRIED AWAY FROM THE TOMB, AFRAID YET FILLED WITH JOY, AND RAN TO TELL HIS DISCIPLES.
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SUDDENLY JESUS MET THEM. 'GREETINGS,' HE SAID. THEY CAME TO HIM, CLASPED HIS FEET AND WORSHIPED HIM.
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THEN JESUS SAID TO THEM, 'DO NOT BE AFRAID. GO AND TELL MY BROTHERS TO GO TO GALILEE; THERE THEY WILL SEE ME.'
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WHILE THE WOMEN WERE ON THEIR WAY, SOME OF THE GUARDS WENT INTO THE CITY AND REPORTED TO THE CHIEF PRIESTS EVERYTHING THAT HAD HAPPENED.
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WHEN THE CHIEF PRIESTS HAD MET WITH THE ELDERS AND DEVISED A PLAN, THEY GAVE THE SOLDIERS A LARGE SUM OF MONEY,
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TELLING THEM, 'YOU ARE TO SAY, 'HIS DISCIPLES CAME DURING THE NIGHT AND STOLE HIM AWAY WHILE WE WERE ASLEEP.'
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IF THIS REPORT GETS TO THE GOVERNOR, WE WILL SATISFY HIM AND KEEP YOU OUT OF TROUBLE.'
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SO THE SOLDIERS TOOK THE MONEY AND DID AS THEY WERE INSTRUCTED. AND THIS STORY HAS BEEN WIDELY CIRCULATED AMONG THE JEWS TO THIS VERY DAY.
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THEN THE ELEVEN DISCIPLES WENT TO GALILEE, TO THE MOUNTAIN WHERE JESUS HAD TOLD THEM TO GO.
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WHEN THEY SAW HIM, THEY WORSHIPED HIM; BUT SOME DOUBTED.
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THEN JESUS CAME TO THEM AND SAID, 'ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME.
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THEREFORE GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
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and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.'