Lexham English Bible

John 12:18-25 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

18. Because of this also the crowd went to meet him, for they had heard that he had performed this sign.

19. So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are accomplishing nothing! Behold, the world has gone after him.”

20. Now some Greeks were among those who had gone up in order to worship at the feast.

21. So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and began asking him saying, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

22. Philip went and told Andrew. Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

23. And Jesus answered them, saying, “The hour has come that the Son of Man will be glorified.

24. Truly, truly I say to 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.

25. The one who loves his life loses it, and the one who hates his life in this world preserves it for eternal life.