John 12:16-26

16 His talmidim did not understand this at first; but after Yeshua had been glorified, then they remembered that the Tanakh said this about him, and that they had done this for him.

17 The group that had been with him when he called El`azar out of the tomb and raised him from the dead had been telling about it.

18 It was because of this too that the crowd came out to meet him -- they had heard that he had performed this miracle.

19 The P'rushim said to each other, "Look, you're getting nowhere! Why, the whole world has gone after him!"

20 Among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greek-speaking Jews.

21 They approached Philip, the one from Beit-Tzaidah in the Galil, with a request. "Sir," they said, "we would like to see Yeshua."

22 Philip came and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Yeshua.

23 Yeshua gave them this answer: "The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

24 Yes, indeed! I tell you that unless a grain of wheat that falls to the ground dies, it stays just a grain; but if it dies, it produces a big harvest.

25 He who loves his life loses it, but he who hates his life in this world will keep it safe right on into eternal life!

26 If someone is serving me, let him follow me; wherever I am, my servant will be there too. My Father will honor anyone who serves me.