[Some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9–20.]¹

[[9 ^xNow when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out ^yseven demons. 10 She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11 But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would ^znot believe it.

12 ^aAfter these things he appeared ^bin another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. 13 And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

14 ^cAfterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. 15 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and ^dproclaim the gospel to the whole creation. 16 ^eWhoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will ^fcast out demons; they will ^gspeak in new tongues; 18 they will ^hpick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will ⁱlay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was ^jtaken up into heaven and ^ksat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and ^lconfirmed the message by accompanying signs.]]