John 12:23-25

Young's Literal Translation

²³ And Jesus responded to them, saying, `The hour hath come that the Son of Man may be glorified;

²⁴ verily, verily, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remaineth alone; and if it may die, it doth bear much fruit;

²⁵ he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world -- to life age-during shall keep it;