23. And יהושע answered them, saying, “The hour has come for the Son of Aḏam to be esteemed.
24. “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
25. “He who loves his life shall lose it, and he who hates his life in this world shall preserve it for everlasting life.
26. “If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me. And where I am, there My servant also shall be. If anyone serves Me, the Father shall value him.
27. “Now I Myself am troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this reason I came to this hour.
28. “Father, esteem Your Name.” Then a voice came from the heaven, “I have both esteemed it and shall esteem it again.”
29. So the crowd who stood by and heard it were saying there had been thunder. Others said, “A messenger has spoken to Him.”
30. יהושע answered and said, “This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake.
31. “Now is the judgment of this world, now the ruler of this world shall be cast out.
32. “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, shall draw all men unto Myself.”
33. This He said, signifying by what death He was about to die.