23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man must be glorified.

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

25 (A)He that loveth his life, shall lose it, and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keep it unto life eternal.

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:24 The death of Christ is as it were a sowing, which seemeth to be a dying to the corn, but indeed is the cause of a far greater harvest: and such as is the condition of the head, so shall it be of the members.
  2. John 12:24 A wheat corn dieth when it is changed by virtue of the ground, and becometh a root of a fruitful blade.

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