Mary questioneth Jesus.
It came to pass then again, after all this, that Mary came forward, adored the feet of Iesus and said:
"My Lord, be not wroth with me, if I question thee, because we question concerning everything with precision and certainty. For thou hast said unto us aforetime:
'Seek that ye may find, and knock that it may be opened unto you.1 For every one who seeketh shall find, and to every one who knocketh it shall be opened.' Now, therefore, my Lord, who is it whom I shall seek, or who is it at whom we shall knock? Or who rather is able to give us the decision upon the words concerning which we shall question thee? Or who rather knoweth the power (of the words) concerning which we shall question? Because thou in the mind hast given us mind (of the Light) and hast given us sense and an exceedingly exalted thought; for which cause, therefore, no one existeth in the world (of men) nor any one in the height (of the æons) who can give the 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. Now, therefore, my Lord, be not wroth with me, but reveal unto me the matter concerning which I shall question thee."
It came to pass, when Iesus had heard Mary Magdalene say these words, that he answered and said unto her:
"Question concerning what thou desirest to question, and I will reveal it unto thee with precision and certainty.
Amēn, amēn,
I say unto you: Rejoice in great joy and exult most exceedingly. 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 wouldst question, and I will reveal it unto thee with joy."
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 Iesus:
"My Lord and 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?"
Read: Matthew 7:7-11; Luke 11:10-13