John 12:24
Good News Translation
I am telling you the truth: a grain of wheat remains no more than a single grain unless it is dropped into the ground and dies. If it does die, then it produces many grains.

New Revised Standard Version
Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

Contemporary English Version
I tell you for certain that a grain of wheat that falls on the ground will never be more than one grain unless it dies. But if it dies, it will produce lots of wheat.

New American Bible
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground die,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground die,

Except.

Psalm 72:16 And there shall be a firmament on the earth on the tops of mountains, above Libanus shall the fruit thereof be exalted: and they of the city shall flourish like the grass of the earth.

1 Corinthians 15:36-38 Senseless man, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die first. . . .

if.

John 12:32,33 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all things to myself. . . .

Psalm 22:15,22-31 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death. . . .

Isaiah 53:10-12 And the Lord was pleased to bruise him in infirmity: if he shall lay down his life for sin, he shall see a longlived seed, and the will of the Lord shall be prosperous in his hand. . . .

Hebrews 2:9,10 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour: that, through the grace of God he might taste death for all. . . .

Revelation 7:9-17 After this, I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands. . . .

Context
Jesus Predicts His Death
23But Jesus answered them, saying: The hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified. 24Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground die, 25Itself remaineth alone. But if it die it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it and he that hateth his life in this world keepeth it unto life eternal.…
Cross References
Romans 14:9
For to this end Christ died and rose again: that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

1 Corinthians 15:36
Senseless man, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die first.

John 12:23
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