Mark 16:9-20

9[Jesus became alive again early on the first day of the week. He appeared first to Mary from Magdala. Jesus had caused seven bad spirits to leave her.

10She went to the people who had been with Jesus. They were all very sad and they were crying. Mary spoke to them.

11She told them that Jesus was alive. And she told them that she had seen him. But they did not believe it.

12After these things had happened, Jesus appeared to two other disciples. They were walking away from Jerusalem to their village. It seemed to them that Jesus was different.

13Those two disciples went and told all the other disciples. But the other disciples did not believe them.

14After that, Jesus appeared to the 11 apostles while they were eating. He told them that they were wrong not to believe. They should have been ready to believe. People had seen that he was now alive again. But the disciples had not believed them.

15Then Jesus said to them, ‘Go to all people everywhere in the world. Tell God's good news to everyone.

16If a person believes in me, then you should baptize that person. And God will save that person. But if a person does not believe, God will judge that person to be guilty.

17These miracles will happen when people believe in me. On my behalf, they will send bad spirits out of people. They will speak new languages.

18If they pick up a snake, it will not hurt them. If they drink poison, it will not hurt them. They will put their hands on ill people, and God will make those people well.’

19So, after the Lord Jesus had spoken to the disciples, God took him up into heaven. There he sat down at the right side of God.

20The disciples went out everywhere. They told people God's good news. The Lord worked with them. He did powerful things to show that the message which they spoke was true.]