Though its root becomes old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground;
For there is hope for 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.
Your dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, you that dwell in dust: for your dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone: but if it dies, it brings forth much fruit.
You fool, that which you sow is not made alive, unless it dies: