1  After the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the Mother of James and Joseph, and Salome bought spices to go and anoint the body of Jesus.  2  Very early on Sunday morning, at sunrise, they went to the tomb.  3  On the way they said to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”  (It was a very large stone.)  4  Then they looked and saw that the stone had already been rolled back.  5  So they entered the tomb, where they saw a young man sitting at the right, wearing a white robe – and they were alarmed.

6  “Don’t be alarmed,” he said, “I know you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified.  He is not here – he has been raised!  Look, here is the place where he was placed.  7  Now go and give this message to his disciples.

8  Then the women  9  returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven disciples and all the rest.  11  But the disciples thought that what the women had said was nonsense, and they did not believe them.