John 12:24 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁴ Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.

Common English Bible

²⁴ I assure you that unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it can only be a single seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ Amen, amen I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground die,

John 12:24 Cross References

Job 14:8

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

Psalm 22:15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Psalm 72:16

There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Isaiah 28:28

Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.

Romans 14:9

For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.