16 "Mary," said Jesus. She turned to him. "Rabboni!" she cried in Hebrew. That is to say, "Teacher."

17 "Do not cling to me," said Jesus, "for I am not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."

18 Away went Mary Magdalene to the disciples with the tidings, "I have seen the Master!" and that he said these things to her.