John 12:24

John chapter 12 · verse 24 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.

Context

v.23And Jesus answereth them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.

v.24This passage

v.25He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 22:22

    I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.

  • Isaiah 53:10

    Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.

  • Psalms 22:15

    My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

  • Revelation 7:9

    After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and ofalltribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;

  • Psalms 72:16

    There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:36

    Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die: