John 12:24

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

It is a fact that a grain of wheat must fall to the ground and die before it can grow and produce much more wheat. If it never dies, it will never be more than a single seed.

Cross References

Psalm 72:16

May the fields grow plenty of grain and the hills be covered with crops. May the fields be as fertile as Lebanon, and may people fill the cities as grass covers a field.

Psalm 22:15

My mouth is as dry as a piece of baked pottery. My tongue is sticking to the roof of my mouth. You have left me dying in the dust.

Romans 14:9

That is why Christ died and rose from death to live again—so that he could be Lord over those who have died and those who are living.

Job 14:8

Its roots might grow old in the ground and its stump die in the dirt,

Isaiah 28:28

People grind grain to make flour, but they don’t grind it forever. As God does in punishing people, a worker might drive his wagon over the grain to remove the hulls, but he does not allow the horses to crush it.