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CHAPTER 24
1. It came to pass then, when Jesus had finished saying these words unto his disciples, that
Mary, the fair in her discourse and the blessed one, came forward, fell at the feet of
Jesus and said: "My Lord, suffer me that I speak before thee, and be not wroth with me,
if oft I give thee trouble questioning thee."

2. The Saviour, full of compassion, answered and said unto Mary: "Speak the word which
thou willest, and I will reveal it to thee in all openness."
3. Mary answered and said unto Jesus: "My Lord, in what way will the souls have delayed
themselves here outside, and in what type will they be quickly purified?"

CHAPTER 25
1. And Jesus answered and said unto Mary: "Well said, Mary; thou questionest finely with

thy excellent question, and thou throwest light on all things with surety and precision.
2. Now, therefore, from now on will I hide nothing from you, but I will reveal unto you all
things with surety and openness. Hearken then, Mary, and give ear, all ye disciples:
Before I made proclamation to all the rulers of the æons and to all the rulers of the Fate
and of the sphere, they were all bound in their bonds and in their spheres and in their

seals, as Yew, the Overseer of the Light, had bound them from the beginning; and every
one of them remained in his order, and every one journeyed according to his course, as
Yew, the Overseer of the Light, had established them.
3. And when the time of the number of Melchisedec, the great Receiver of the Light, came,
he was wont to come into the midst of the æons and of all the rulers who are bound in

the sphere and in the Fate, and he carried away the purification of the light from all the
rulers of the æons and from all the rulers of the Fate and from those of the sphere--for
he carried away then that which brings them into agitation--and he set in motion the
hastener who is over them, and made them turn their circles swiftly, and he [sc. the
hastener] carried away their power which was in them and the breath of their mouth

and the tears [lit. waters] of their eyes and the sweat of their bodies.

4. And Melchisedec, the Receiver of the Light; purifieth those powers and carrieth their
light into the Treasury of the Light, while the servitors of all the rulers gather together
all matter from them all; and the servitors of all the rulers of the Fate and the servitors
of the sphere which is below the æons, take it and fashion it into souls of men and cattle

and reptiles and wild-beasts and birds, and send them down into the world of mankind.
5. And further the receivers of the sun and the receivers of the moon, if they look above
and see the configurations of the paths of the æons and the configurations of the Fate
and those of the sphere, then they take from them the light-power; and the receivers of

the sun get it ready and deposit it, until they hand it over to the receivers of