John 12:24

A Conservative Version

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.

Cross References

Psalm 72:16

There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains. The fruit of it shall shake like Lebanon. And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Psalm 22:15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws, and thou have brought me into the dust of death.

Romans 14:9

For because of this Christ both died and arose, and he became alive so that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living.

Job 14:8

Though the root of it grows old in the earth, and the trunk of it dies in the ground,

Isaiah 28:28

Bread [grain] is ground, for he will not be always threshing it. And though the wheel of his cart and his horses scatter it, he does not grind it.