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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Touch.

John 20:27
Then Jesus said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe."

2 Kings 4:29
So Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy's face."

2 Kings 7:9
Finally, they said to one another, "We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king's household."

Matthew 28:7, 9
Then go quickly and tell His disciples, 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him.' See, I have told you." . . .

Luke 10:4
Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.

my brethren.

Psalm 22:22
I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.

Matthew 12:50
For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother."

Matthew 25:40
And the King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.'

Matthew 28:10
"Do not be afraid, " said Jesus. "Go, tell My brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see Me."

Romans 8:29
For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

Hebrews 2:11-13
For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers. . . .

I ascend.

John 13:1, 3
It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end. . . .

John 14:2, 6, 28
In My Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? . . .

John 16:28
I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father."

John 17:5, 11, 25
And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed. . . .

Psalm 68:18
You 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.

Psalm 89:26
He will call to Me, 'You are my Father, my God, the rock of my salvation.'

Luke 24:49-51
And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high." . . .

Ephesians 1:17-23
and asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. . . .

Ephesians 4:8-10
This is why it says: "When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men." . . .

1 Peter 1:3
Blessed 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,

your Father.

John 1:12, 13
But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God-- . . .

Romans 8:14-17
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. . . .

2 Corinthians 6:18
And: "I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

Galatians 3:26
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 4:6, 7
And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!" . . .

1 John 3:2
Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

Revelation 21:7
The one who is victorious will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.

your God.

Genesis 17:7, 8
I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. . . .

Psalm 43:4
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.

Psalm 48:14
For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even until death.

Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

Jeremiah 31:33
"But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Jeremiah 32:38
They will be My people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 36:28
Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.

Ezekiel 37:27
My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Zechariah 13:7-9
Awake, O sword, against My shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, " declares the LORD of Hosts. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones. . . .

Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds, and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Hebrews 11:16
Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

Revelation 21:3
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Jesus said to her, "Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.'"

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"Don't cling to Me," Jesus told her, "for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to My brothers and tell them that I am ascending to My Father and your Father--to My God and your God."

International Standard Version
Jesus told her, "Don't hold on to me, because I haven't yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, 'I'm ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

NET Bible
Jesus replied, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Yeshua said to her. “Don't cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to join my Father, and go join my brothers and say to them that I ascend to join my Father and your Father, my God, and your God.”
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