Even if its roots grow old in the ground, and its stump dies in the dirt,
“If a tree is cut down, there is hope that it will grow again and will send out new branches.
at the smell of water it will bud and put out new shoots like a plant.
Your people have died, but they will live again; their bodies will rise from death. You who lie in the ground, wake up and be happy! The dew covering you is like the dew of a new day; the ground will give birth to the dead.
I tell you the truth, a grain of wheat must fall to the ground and die to make many seeds. But if it never dies, it remains only a single seed.
Foolish person! When you sow a seed, it must die in the ground before it can live and grow.