John 12:24 Cross References
John 12:24
24: The truth is, a kernel of wheat must be planted in the soil. Unless it dies it will be alone--a single seed. But its death will produce many new kernels--a plentiful harvest of new lives.
1 Corinthians 15:36
- What a foolish question! When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn't grow into a plant unless it dies first.
- And what you put in the ground is not the plant that will grow, but only a dry little seed of wheat or whatever it is you are planting.
- Then God gives it a new body--just the kind he wants it to have. A different kind of plant grows from each kind of seed.
Isaiah 53:10
- But it was the LORD's good plan to crush him and fill him with grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have a multitude of children, many heirs. He will enjoy a long life, and the LORD's plan will prosper in his hands.
- When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. And because of what he has experienced, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins.
- I will give him the honors of one who is mighty and great, because he exposed himself to death. He was counted among those who were sinners. He bore the sins of many and interceded for sinners.
Hebrews 2:9
- What we do see is Jesus, who "for a little while was made lower than the angels" and now is "crowned with glory and honor" because he suffered death for us. Yes, by God's grace, Jesus tasted death for everyone in all the world.
- And it was only right that God--who made everything and for whom everything was made--should bring his many children into glory. Through the suffering of Jesus, God made him a perfect leader, one fit to bring them into their salvation.
Psalms 22:22
- Then I will declare the wonder of your name to my brothers and sisters. I will praise you among all your people.
- Praise the LORD, all you who fear him! Honor him, all you descendants of Jacob! Show him reverence, all you descendants of Israel!
- For he has not ignored the suffering of the needy. He has not turned and walked away. He has listened to their cries for help.
- I will praise you among all the people; I will fulfill my vows in the presence of those who worship you.
- The poor will eat and be satisfied. All who seek the LORD will praise him. Their hearts will rejoice with everlasting joy.
John 12:32
- And when I am lifted up on the cross, I will draw everyone to myself."
- He said this to indicate how he was going to die.
Psalms 72:16
- May there be abundant crops throughout the land, flourishing even on the mountaintops. May the fruit trees flourish as they do in Lebanon, sprouting up like grass in a field.
Revelation 7:9
- After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white and held palm branches in their hands.
- And they were shouting with a mighty shout, "Salvation comes from our God on the throne and from the Lamb!"
- And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living beings. And they fell face down before the throne and worshiped God.
- They said, "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength belong to our God forever and forever. Amen!"
- Then one of the twenty-four elders asked me, "Who are these who are clothed in white? Where do they come from?"
Psalms 22:15
- My strength has dried up like sunbaked clay. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead.