MatthewChapter 28

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¹The Sabbath was over. At dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. ²Suddenly there was a powerful earthquake, because an angel of the Lord came down from heaven. He rolled the stone away and sat on it. ³He looked like lightning. His clothes were as white as snow. ⁴The guards were so afraid of him that they shook. They became like dead men. ⁵The angel said to the women, "Don't be afraid, because I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. ⁶He is not here! He has risen, just as he said he would! Come and see the place where he lay. ⁷Then go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.' Now I have told you." ⁸So the women hurried away from the tomb. They were afraid but filled with joy. They ran to tell his disciples. ⁹Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings!" he said. They came to him, held on to his feet, and worshiped him. ¹⁰Then Jesus said to them, "Don't be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there." ¹¹The women were on their way. Meanwhile, some of the guards went into the city. They told the chief priests everything that had happened. ¹²The chief priests met with the elders and made a plan. They gave the soldiers a large amount of money. ¹³They told them, "You must say, 'His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were sleeping.' ¹⁴If the governor hears about this, we will calm him down. We will keep you out of trouble." ¹⁵So the soldiers took the money and did as they were told. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this very day. ¹⁶Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee. They went to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. ¹⁷When they saw him, they worshiped him. But some of them doubted. ¹⁸Then Jesus came to them. He said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹So go and make disciples of all nations. Baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. ²⁰Teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, to the very end of the age."