Who may go up on the mountain of the Lord?  Who may stand in his holy Temple? Only those with clean hands and pure hearts.    They must not have worshiped idols. They must not have made promises in the name of a false god. It is they who will receive a blessing from the Lord. The God who saves them will declare them right. They try to follow God. They look to the God of Jacob for help.

Open up, you gates. Open wide, you aged doors. Then the glorious king will come in. Who is this glorious king? The Lord, strong and mighty. The Lord, the powerful warrior. Open up, you gates. Open wide, you aged doors. Then the glorious king will come in. Who is this glorious king? The Lord of heaven’s armies — he is the glorious king. 

Early on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb. It was still dark. Mary saw that the large stone had been moved away from the tomb. So Mary ran to Simon Peter and the other follower (the one Jesus loved). Mary said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb. We don’t know where they have put him.” So Peter and the other follower started for the tomb. They were both running, but the other follower ran faster than Peter. So the other follower reached the tomb first. He bent down and looked in.

He saw the strips of linen cloth lying there, but he did not go in.  Then following him came Simon Peter. He went into the tomb and saw the strips of linen lying there. He also saw the cloth that had been around Jesus’ head. The cloth was folded up and laid in a different place from the strips of linen. Then the other follower, who had reached the tomb first, also went in. He saw and believed.  (These followers did not yet understand from the Scriptures that Jesus must rise from death.) Then the followers went back home.

Jesus rose from death early on the first day of the week. He showed himself first to Mary Magdalene. One time in the past, he had forced seven demons to leave Mary. After Mary saw Jesus, she went and told his followers. They were very sad and were crying. But Mary told them that Jesus was alive. She said that she had seen him, but the followers did not believe her.

Later, Jesus showed himself to two of his followers while they were walking in the country. But Jesus did not look the same as before.  These followers went back to the others and told them what had happened. Again, the followers did not believe them. Later Jesus showed himself to the followers while they were eating. He criticized them because they had little faith. They were stubborn and refused to believe those who had seen him after he had risen from death. Jesus said to the followers, “Go everywhere in the world. Tell the Good News to everyone.”