John 12:23-28
12:23 Jesus replied,
“The time
has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
12:24 I tell you the solemn truth,
unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone.
But if it dies, it produces
much grain.
12:25 The one who loves his life
destroys
it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards
it for eternal life.
12:26 If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow
me, and where I am, my servant will be too.
If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
12:27 “Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? ‘Father, deliver me from this hour’? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.
12:28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”