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104the decision on the words concerning which we question, save thee alone, who knoweth [sic] the universe, who is perfected in the universe; because we do not question in the manner in which the men of the world question, but because we question in the gnosis of the Height which thou hast given unto us, and we question moreover in the type of the excellent questioning which thou hast taught us, that we may question therein. 4. Now, therefore, my Lord, be not wroth with me, but reveal unto me the matter concerning which I shall question thee.\5. It came to pass, when Jesus had heard Mary Magdalene say these words, that he answered and said unto her: \will reveal it unto thee with precision and certainty. Am%u0113n, am%u0113n, I say unto you: Rejoice in great joy and exult most exceedingly.6. If ye question concerning all with precision, then shall I exult most exceedingly, because ye question concerning all with precision and question in the manner in which it beseemeth to question. Now, therefore, question concerning what thou wouldstquestion, and I will reveal it unto thee with joy.\7. It came to pass then, when Mary had heard the Saviour say these words, that she rejoiced in great joy and exulted most exceedingly and said unto Jesus: \Saviour, of what manner then are the four-and-twenty invisibles and of what type, or rather of what quality are they, or of what quality is then their light?\CHAPTER 841. And Jesus answered and said unto Mary: \them, or rather what region is there in this world which is comparable to them?2. Now, therefore, to what am I to liken them, or rather what am I to say concerning them? For nothing existeth in this world to which I shall be able to liken them, and no form existeth in it which is able to be like them. 3. Now, therefore, nothing existeth in this world which is of the quality of the heaven. [But] am%u0113n, I say unto you: Every one of the invisibles is nine times greater than the heaven and the sphere above it and the twelve %u00e6ons all together, as I have already said unto you at another time. 4. And no light existeth in this world which is more excellent than the light of the sun. Am%u0113n, am%u0113n, I say unto you: The four-and-twenty invisibles shine ten-thousand times more than the light of the sun which is in this world, as I have already said unto you at