John 12:24

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I tell you for certain that a grain of wheat that falls on the ground will never be more than one grain unless it dies. But if it dies, it will produce lots of wheat.

Cross References

Job 14:8

Its roots and stump may rot,

Psalm 22:15

My strength has dried up like a broken clay pot, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You, God, have left me to die in the dust.

Psalm 72:16

Let cities overflow with food and hills be covered with grain, just like Mount Lebanon. Let the people in the cities prosper like wild flowers.

Isaiah 28:28

Wheat and barley are pounded, but not beaten to pulp; they are run over with a wagon, but not ground to dust.

Romans 14:9

This is because Christ died and rose to life, so that he would be the Lord of the dead and of the living.