John 12:24-34

24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, ¹unless * a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

25 "²He who loves his life loses it, and he who ³hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal.

26 "If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and ⁴where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will ⁵honor him.

Jesus Foretells His Death

27 "⁶Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, '⁷Father, save Me from ⁸this hour '? But for this purpose I came to this hour.

28 "⁹Father, glorify Your name." Then a ¹⁰voice came out of heaven: "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."

29 So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered *; others were saying, "¹¹An angel has spoken to Him."

30 Jesus answered and said, "¹²This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sakes.

31 "¹³Now judgment is upon this world; now ¹⁴the ruler of this world will be cast out.

32 "And I, if I ¹⁵am lifted up from the earth, will ¹⁶draw all men to Myself."

33 But He was saying this ¹⁷to indicate the kind of death by which He was to die.

34 The crowd then answered Him, "We have heard out of ¹⁸the Law that ¹⁹the Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, 'The ²⁰Son of Man must be ²¹lifted up'? Who is this ²²Son of Man?"

Cross References

• 1. Romans 14:9; 1 Corinthians 15:36
• 2. Matthew 10:39; Matthew 16:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; Luke 17:33
• 3. Luke 14:26
• 4. John 14:3; John 17:24; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:17
• 5. 1 Samuel 2:30; Psalms 91:15; Luke 12:37
• 6. Matthew 26:38; Mark 14:34; John 11:33
• 7. Matthew 11:25
• 8. John 12:23
• 9. Matthew 11:25
• 10. Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5; Mark 1:11; Mark 9:7; Luke 3:22; Luke 9:35
• 11. Acts 23:9
• 12. John 11:42
• 13. John 3:19; John 9:39; John 16:11
• 14. John 14:30; John 16:11; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 2:2; Ephesians 6:12; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:19
• 15. John 3:14; John 8:28; John 12:34
• 16. John 6:44
• 17. John 18:32; John 21:19
• 18. John 10:34
• 19. Psalms 110:4; Isaiah 9:7; Ezekiel 37:25; Daniel 7:14
• 20. Matthew 8:20
• 21. John 3:14; John 8:28; John 12:32
• 22. Matthew 8:20

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "soul"
• [b] Lit "soul"
• [c] Or "is serving"
• [d] Or "is serving"
• [e] I.e. the Messiah