(yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."

And there were many women there observing from a distance, who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him,

among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome,

who also would follow Him and would minister to Him when He was in Galilee; and many other women who had come up together with Him to Jerusalem.

But all His acquaintances, and the women who followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, "Are You the only stranger in Jerusalem, and do not know what has happened in it in these days?"

On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

But Mary stood outside facing the tomb weeping. Therefore as she was weeping, she stooped down [and] [looked] into the tomb.

Then they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they put Him."

Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, "Sir, if You carried Him away, tell me where You put Him, and I will take Him away."

Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.'"

Now having arisen early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.

and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities; Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,