15 Jesus said to her, (A)“Woman, why are you weeping? (B)Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be (C)the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic,[a] (D)“Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to (E)my brothers and say to them, (F)‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to (G)my God and your God.’”

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Footnotes

  1. John 20:16 Or Hebrew

15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?(A) Who is it you are looking for?”

Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic,(B) “Rabboni!”(C) (which means “Teacher”).

17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers(D) and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father(E) and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

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