And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave.

Therefore, give orders for the grave to be made secure until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

And they went and made the grave secure, and along with the guard they set a seal on the stone.

Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave.

Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy.

Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

“Their throat is an open grave,
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
“The poison of asps is under their lips”;

that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart.

Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.