Joh 12:24 | HCSB | STEP | “ I assure you : Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies , it remains by itself . But if it dies , it produces a large crop .

John 12:24

24 “ ^{▼▼I assure you: This is a phrase used only by Jesus to testify to the certainty and importance of His words; in Mt, Mk and Lk it is literally Amen, I say to you, and in Jn it is literally Amen, amen, I say to you.}I assure you: Unless a grain of wheat ^b falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces a large crop. ^{▼▼Lit produces much fruit
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