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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/mark/16.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Resurrection</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Saturday evening, when the Sabbath ended, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome went out and purchased burial spices so they could anoint Jesus’ body. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Very early on Sunday morning,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> just at sunrise, they went to the tomb. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>On the way they were asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But as they arrived, they looked up and saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled aside.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a white robe sitting on the right side. The women were shocked, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>but the angel said, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now go and tell his disciples, including Peter, that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you before he died.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The women fled from the tomb, trembling and bewildered, and they said nothing to anyone because they were too frightened.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="pc">----------</p><p class="b"/><p class="pc">[<span class="it">The most ancient manuscripts of Mark conclude with verse 16:8. Later manuscripts add one or both of the following endings.</span>]</p><p class="pc">[<span class="it">Shorter Ending of Mark</span>]</p><p class="b"/><p class="m">Then they briefly reported all this to Peter and his companions. Afterward Jesus himself sent them out from east to west with the sacred and unfailing message of salvation that gives eternal life. Amen.</p><p class="pc">[<span class="it">Longer Ending of Mark</span>]</p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>After Jesus rose from the dead early on Sunday morning, the first person who saw him was Mary Magdalene, the woman from whom he had cast out seven demons. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>She went to the disciples, who were grieving and weeping, and told them what had happened. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But when she told them that Jesus was alive and she had seen him, they didn’t believe her.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Afterward he appeared in a different form to two of his followers who were walking from Jerusalem into the country. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They rushed back to tell the others, but no one believed them.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Still later he appeared to the eleven disciples as they were eating together. He rebuked them for their stubborn unbelief because they refused to believe those who had seen him after he had been raised from the dead.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And then he told them, <span class="red">“Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="red">Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="red">These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe: They will cast out demons in my name, and they will speak in new languages.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="red">They will be able to handle snakes with safety, and if they drink anything poisonous, it won’t hurt them. They will be able to place their hands on the sick, and they will be healed.”</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>When the Lord Jesus had finished talking with them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down in the place of honor at God’s right hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/16-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And the disciples went everywhere and preached, and the Lord worked through them, confirming what they said by many miraculous signs.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:2 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">on the first day of the week;</span><span class="ft"> also in 16:9.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Jesus the Nazarene.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:8 </span><span class="ft">The most reliable early manuscripts of the Gospel of Mark end at verse 8. Other manuscripts include various endings to the Gospel. A few include both the “shorter ending” and the “longer ending.” The majority of manuscripts include the “longer ending” immediately after verse 8.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:14 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts add: </span><span class="it">And they excused themselves, saying, “This age of lawlessness and unbelief is under Satan, who does not permit God’s truth and power to conquer the evil [unclean] spirits. Therefore, reveal your justice now.” This is what they said to Christ. And Christ replied to them, “The period of years of Satan’s power has been fulfilled, but other dreadful things will happen soon. And I was handed over to death for those who have sinned, so that they may return to the truth and sin no more, and so they may inherit the spiritual, incorruptible, and righteous glory in heaven.”</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">new tongues;</span><span class="ft"> some manuscripts do not include </span><span class="it">new.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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