Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
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.
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: