John 12:24

New American Bible - revised edition

Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.

Cross References

Job 14:8

Even though its root grow old in the earth and its stump die in the dust,

Psalm 22:15

Like water my life drains away; all my bones are disjointed. My heart has become like wax, it melts away within me.

Psalm 72:16

May wheat abound in the land, flourish even on the mountain heights. May his fruit be like that of Lebanon, and flourish in the city like the grasses of the land.

Isaiah 28:28

Grain is crushed for bread, but not forever; though he thresh it thoroughly, and drive his cartwheel and horses over it, he does not pulverize it.

Romans 14:9

For this is why Christ died and came to life, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.