Common English Bible

John 12:18-25 Common English Bible (CEB)

18. That’s why the crowd came to meet him, because they had heard about this miraculous sign that he had done.

19. Therefore, the Pharisees said to each other, "See! You’ve accomplished nothing! Look! The whole world is following him!"

20. Some Greeks were among those who had come up to worship at the festival.

21. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and made a request: "Sir, we want to see Jesus."

22. Philip told Andrew, and Andrew and Philip told Jesus.

23. Jesus replied, “The time has come for the Human One to be glorified.

24. I assure you that unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it can only be a single seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

25. Those who love their lives will lose them, and those who hate their lives in this world will keep them forever.