Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stump die in the soil,
"For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.
yet at the scent of water it will bud and put out branches like a young plant.
Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.