In the story of the women who find Jesus' tomb empty and are instructed by a young man (or angel) to go tell Peter and the other disciples (Mark 16), the last twelve verses of this story in Mark were
A) added to the Gospel of Mark by a scribe.
B) an original part of the Gospel of Mathew and later inserted into the Gospel of Mark by the author of Mark.
C) an original part of the Gospel of Mark.
D) a pagan parable.

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The last twelve verses of the Gospel of Mark (Mark 16:9-20), often referred to as the Longer Ending, are widely believed by scholars to have been added by a scribe sometime in the late 2nd century or later, as they are absent from the earliest manuscripts and some ancient authorities.

In the Story of the Women Who Find Jesus' Tomb