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CHAPTER 114
1. It came to pass then, when Jesus had heard Mary say these words, that he said: "Well
said, all-blessed Mary, spiritual [one]. These are the solutions of the words which I have
spoken."
2. Mary answered and said: "Still, my Lord, do I question thee, because from now on I will

begin to question thee on all things with sureness. For this cause, therefore, my Lord, be
patient with us and reveal unto us all things on which we shall question thee for the
sake of the manner, how my brethren are to herald it to the whole race of men."
3. And when she had said this to the Saviour, the Saviour answered and said unto her in
great compassion towards her: "Amēn, amēn, I say unto you: Not only will I reveal unto

you all things on which ye shall question me, but from now on I will reveal unto you
other things on which ye have not thought to question, which have not entered into the
heart of man, and which also all the gods, who are below man, know not. Now,
therefore, Mary, question on what thou mayest question, and I will reveal it unto thee
face to face without similitude."

CHAPTER 115
1. And Mary answered and said: "My Lord, in what type then do the baptisms forgive sins?
I heard thee say: 'The retributive servitors follow the soul, being witnesses to it for all
the sins which it committeth, that they may convict it in the judgments.' Now, therefore,
my Lord, do the mysteries of the baptisms wipe out the sins which are in the hands of
the retributive servitors, so that they forget them? Now, therefore, my Lord, tell unto us

the type, how they forgive sins; nay, we desire to know it with sureness."
2. And the Saviour answered and said unto Mary: "Finely hast thou spoken. The servitors
indeed are they who bear witness to all sins; but they abide in the judgments, seizing
the souls and convicting all the souls of sinners who have received no mysteries; and
they keep them fast in the chaos, chastizing them.

3. And those retributive receivers cannot overstep the chaos to reach to the orders which
are above the chaos, and convict the souls which come forth out of those regions.

4. Now then it is not lawful to use force on the souls which receive mysteries, and lead
them into the chaos, so that the retributive servitors may convict them. But the
retributive servitors convict the souls of the sinners and they keep fast those who have

received no mysteries which may lead them out of the chaos.
5. The souls on the other hand which receive mysteries,--they have no power of convicting
them, because they do not come forth out of their regions, and also, if they come forth
into their regions, they are not able to obstruct them; nay, they cannot lead them into

that chaos.