16 »Mary!« said Jesus. She turned to Him. »Rabboni!« she cried in Hebrew: the word means Teacher!'

17 »Do not cling to me,« said Jesus, »for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But take this message to my brethren: I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'«

18 Mary of Magdala came and brought word to the disciples. »I have seen the Master,« she said. And she told them that He had said these things to her.