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John 20:17

“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”

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ASV

Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

KJV

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

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2 Peter 1:17For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”John 16:28I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”Ephesians 1:17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.Philippians 4:19And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.Ephesians 4:8–10This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”1 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,Galatians 4:6–7And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”John 15:15No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.John 17:11I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.Hebrews 2:11For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.Hebrews 2:11–13For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.Psalms 68:18You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.Mark 16:19After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.Galatians 3:26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.Ephesians 1:17–23that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.Matthew 6:9So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.1 Corinthians 8:6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.Ephesians 4:6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

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