1. We are grateful that those women go out to tell the truth about Jesus and his resurrection. V. 11a

2. Have you seen how People are willing to work very hard to deny the truth? V. 1b – 15

3. Are you taken by this story, and others, which have been spread widely “to this very day.”

4. Matthew is showing us, by this utterly ridiculous scheme, the importance of the cross and resurrection for our lives.