John 12:24

Modern English Version

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 bears much fruit.

Cross References

Job 14:8

Though its root may grow old in the earth, and its stump may die in the ground,

Psalm 22:15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; You have set me in the dust of death.

Psalm 72:16

May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it wave on the tops of the mountains; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may those from the city flourish like grass of the earth.

Isaiah 28:28

Grain for bread is crushed; so he does not continue to thresh it forever, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor crush it with his horsemen.

Romans 14:9

For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, so that He might be Lord of both the dead and living.