[1] After the Sabbath, as Sunday morning was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. [2] Suddenly there was a violent earthquake; an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled the stone away, and sat on it. [3] His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. [4] The guards were so afraid that they trembled and became like dead men. [5] The angel spoke to the women. "You must not be afraid," he said. "I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. [6] He is not here; he has been raised, just as he said. Come here and see the place where he was lying. [7] Go quickly now, and tell his disciples, 'He has been raised from death, and now he is going to Galilee ahead of you; there you will see him!' Remember what I have told you." [8] So they left the tomb in a hurry, afraid and yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. [9] Suddenly Jesus met them and said, "Peace be with you." They came up to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him. [10] "Do not be afraid," Jesus said to them. "Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me." [11] While the women went on their way, some of the soldiers guarding the tomb went back to the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened. [12] The chief priests met with the elders and made their plan; they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers [13] and said, "You are to say that his disciples came during the night and stole his body while you were asleep. [14] And if the Governor should hear of this, we will convince him that you are innocent, and you will have nothing to worry about." [15] The guards took the money and did what they were told to do. And so that is the report spread around by the Jews to this very day. [16] The eleven disciples went to the hill in Galilee where Jesus had told them to go. [17] When they saw him, they worshiped him, even though some of them doubted. [18] Jesus drew near and said to them, "I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. [19] Go, then, to all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples: baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, [20] and teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And I will be with you always, to the end of the age."
