¹⁷ “Don’t cling to Me,” Jesus told her, “for I have not yet ascended^(A) to the Father.^(B) But go to My brothers^(C) and tell them that I am ascending to My Father^(D) and your Father—to My God^(E) and your God.”

²⁹ For those He foreknew He also predestined^(A) to be conformed to the image of His Son,^(B) so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.^(C)

¹¹ For the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father.^[a] That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers,^{(A) 12} saying:

¹⁷ Therefore, He had to be like His brothers in every way, so that He could become a merciful and faithful high priest in service^[a] to God, to make propitiation^(A) for the sins of the people.^(B)