John 12:24 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁴ Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears 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 its root grow old in the earth, and its stump die in the ground,

Psalm 22:15

my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; thou dost lay me in the dust of death.

Psalm 72:16

May there be abundance of grain in the land; on the tops of the mountains may it wave; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may men blossom forth from the cities like the grass of the field!

Isaiah 28:28

Does one crush bread grain? No, he does not thresh it for ever; when he drives his cart wheel over it with his horses, he does not crush it.

Romans 14:9

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