Jesus says to her, Touch me not; for I have not yet ascended to my Father: and go thou to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend to my Father, and your Father; to my God, and your God.

And Jesus having answered, said to them, Elias truly comes first and will re-establish all things.

And to every one asking thee, do thou give; and from him taking away thy things, re-demand not.

And he says to him, Amen, amen, I say to you, From henceforth shall ye see heaven opened, and the messengers of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

And none has ascended to heaven, except he having descended from heaven, the Son of man, he being in heaven.

For David ascended not into the heavens: and he himself says, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit from my right hand,

Wherefore he says, Having ascended into height, he made captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.

(And so having ascended, what is it except that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

He having descended is the same having ascended above all the heavens, that he might fill up all things.)

And not finding how they might bring him in, for the crowd, having ascended upon the house, they put him down through the tiles, with the small couch, in the midst before Jesus.