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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Mark 16 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/mark/16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/mark/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Mark 16</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../mark/15.htm" title="Mark 15">◄</a> Mark 16 <a href="../luke/1.htm" title="Luke 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Jesus Is Alive</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 28:1-8">Matthew 28.1-8</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 24:1-12">Luke 24.1-12</ref>; <ref loc="JHN 20:1-10">John 20.1-10</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v41_16_1"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.1" class="v41_16_1">1</span>After the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene, Salome, and Mary the mother of James bought some spices to put on Jesus' body. </span><span class="v41_16_2"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.2" class="v41_16_2">2</span>Very early on Sunday morning, just as the sun was coming up, they went to the tomb. </span><span class="v41_16_3"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.3" class="v41_16_3">3</span>On their way, they were asking one another, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance for us?” </span><span class="v41_16_4"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.4" class="v41_16_4">4</span>But when they looked, they saw that the stone had already been rolled away. And it was a huge stone!</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_16_5"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.5" class="v41_16_5">5</span>The women went into the tomb, and on the right side they saw a young man in a white robe sitting there. They were alarmed.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_16_6"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.6" class="v41_16_6">6</span>The man said, “Don't be alarmed! You are looking for Jesus from Nazareth, who was nailed to a cross. God has raised him to life, and he isn't here. You can see the place where they put his body. </span><span class="v41_16_7"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.7" class="v41_16_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.16.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Now go and tell his disciples, and especially Peter, that he will go ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_16_8"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.8" class="v41_16_8">8</span>When the women ran from the tomb, they were confused and shaking all over. They were too afraid to tell anyone what had happened.</span></p><h2 class="ms1">ONE OLD ENDING TO MARK'S GOSPEL<a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.16.9!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </h2><h3 class="s1">Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 28:9">Matthew 28.9</ref>,<ref loc="MAT 28:10">10</ref>; <ref loc="JHN 20:11-18">John 20.11-18</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v41_16_9"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.9" class="v41_16_9">9</span>Very early on the first day of the week, after Jesus had risen to life, he appeared to Mary Magdalene. Earlier he had forced seven demons out of her. </span><span class="v41_16_10"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.10" class="v41_16_10">10</span>She left and told his friends, who were crying and mourning. </span><span class="v41_16_11"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.11" class="v41_16_11">11</span>Even though they heard that Jesus was alive and that Mary had seen him, they still would not believe it.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Jesus Appears to Two Disciples</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="LUK 24:13-35">Luke 24.13-35</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v41_16_12"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.12" class="v41_16_12">12</span>Later, Jesus appeared in another form to two disciples, as they were on their way out of the city. </span><span class="v41_16_13"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.13" class="v41_16_13">13</span>But when these disciples told what had happened, the others would not believe either.</span></p><h3 class="s1">What Jesus' Followers Must Do</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 28:16-20">Matthew 28.16-20</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 24:36-49">Luke 24.36-49</ref>; <ref loc="JHN 20:19-23">John 20.19-23</ref>; <ref loc="ACT 1:6-8">Acts 1.6-8</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v41_16_14"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.14" class="v41_16_14">14</span>Afterwards, Jesus appeared to his eleven disciples as they were eating. He scolded them because they were too stubborn to believe the ones who had seen him after he had been raised to life. </span><span class="v41_16_15"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.15" class="v41_16_15">15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.16.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then he told them:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v41_16_15">Go and preach the good news to everyone in the world. </span><span class="v41_16_16"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.16" class="v41_16_16">16</span>Anyone who believes me and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe me will be condemned. </span><span class="v41_16_17"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.17" class="v41_16_17">17</span>Everyone who believes me will be able to do wonderful things. By using my name they will force out demons, and they will speak new languages. </span><span class="v41_16_18"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.18" class="v41_16_18">18</span>They will handle snakes and will drink poison and not be hurt. They will also heal sick people by placing their hands on them.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Jesus Returns to Heaven</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="LUK 24:50-53">Luke 24.50-53</ref>; <ref loc="ACT 1:9-11">Acts 1.9-11</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v41_16_19"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.19" class="v41_16_19">19</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.16.19!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> After the Lord Jesus had said these things to the disciples, he was taken back up to heaven where he sat down at the right side<a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.16.19!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> of God. </span><span class="v41_16_20"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.20" class="v41_16_20">20</span>Then the disciples left and preached everywhere. The Lord was with them, and the miracles they worked proved that their message was true.</span></p><h2 class="ms1">ANOTHER OLD ENDING TO MARK'S GOSPEL<a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.16.9-Mark.16.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </h2><p class="par"><span class="v41_16_9"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.16.9-Mark.16.10" class="v41_16_9">9-10</span>The women quickly told Peter and his friends what had happened. Later, Jesus sent the disciples to the east and to the west with his sacred and everlasting message of how people can be saved forever.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">One Old Ending to Mark's Gospel: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Verses 9-20 are not in some manuscripts.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.19 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">right side: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 12.36.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.9,10 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Another Old Ending to Mark's Gospel: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts and early translations have both this shorter ending and the longer one (verses 9-20).</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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