John 20:17

Jesus tells Mary not to cling to him and to announce his ascension to the disciples, now his brothers. His resurrection brings believers into the family of God.

Cross-references · 40

• John 16:28I came from the Father, and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.”
• Eph 4:8–10Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.”
• Gal 4:6–7And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”
• 1 Pet 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• John 17:11I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.
• Gal 3:26For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
• Ps 68:18You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.
• Eph 1:17–23that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
• Mark 16:19So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
• Heb 2:11–13For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
• 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
• John 7:33Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.
• John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
• John 14:28You heard how I told you, ‘I go away, and I come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said ‘I am going to my Father;’ for the Father is greater than I.
• Luke 24:49–51Behold, I send out the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”
• John 1:12–13But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:
• John 13:1Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
• 2 Cor 6:18I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”
• John 14:2In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
• John 13:3Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came from God, and was going to God,
• Matt 12:50For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
• Matt 28:7Go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.’ Behold, I have told you.”
• John 17:25Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.
• Rom 8:29For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
• Heb 8:10“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
• Matt 28:9–10As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.
• Rev 21:7He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.
• Jer 31:33“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
• Rev 21:3I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
• Jer 32:38and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
• Rom 8:14–17For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
• Ezek 36:28You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
• John 20:27Then he said to Thomas, “Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don’t be unbelieving, but believing.”
• Ps 89:26He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’
• John 17:5Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
• Ezek 37:27My tent also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
• Luke 10:4Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.
• Heb 11:16But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
• 2 Kgs 7:9Then they said to one another, “We aren’t doing right. Today is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let’s go and tell the king’s household.”
• Ps 48:14For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Greek word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.