You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
- BSB You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
- NKJV Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies.
- NASB You fool! That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies;
- NLT What a foolish question! When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn’t grow into a plant unless it dies first.
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Cross-references · 6
- John 12:24Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
- Luke 11:40You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?
- Luke 24:25He said to them, “Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
- Luke 12:20“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared — whose will they be?’
- Eph 5:15Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
- Rom 1:22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
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