24/09/2024
Good News Bible. Matthew 28:1-20
[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 worshipped 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 round 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 worshipped 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.”
