Though the root of it grows old in the earth, and the trunk of it dies in the ground,
Thou foolish man, what thou sow is not made alive unless it dies.
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat that falls into the ground dies, it remains alone, but if it dies it bears much fruit.
Thy dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye who dwell in the dust, for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch of it will not cease.
yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.