John 12:23-25

New Catholic Bible

²³Jesus answered them,

“The hour has come
for the Son of Man to be glorified.
²⁴Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless a grain of wheat
falls into the earth and dies,
it remains just a grain of wheat.
However, if it dies,
it bears much fruit.
²⁵“Anyone who loves his life loses it,
but the one who hates his life in this world
will preserve it for eternal life.