What a foolish question! When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn’t grow into a plant unless it dies first.

无知的人哪，你所种的，若不死就不能生。

无知的人哪，你所种的若不死就不能生。

无知的人哪，你所种的若不死就不能生。

无知的人啊！你们种下的种子必须先死，然后才能生长。

无知的人哪，你所种的若不死去，就不能生。

你这愚妄的人哪！你所种的如果不死，就得不到生命；

無知的人哪，你所種的，若不死就不能生。

無知的人哪，你所種的若不死就不能生。

無知的人哪，你所種的若不死就不能生。

無知的人啊！你們種下的種子必須先死，然後才能生長。

無知的人哪，你所種的若不死去，就不能生。

糊塗人哪，你所種的若不死去，就不得以活起來；

你這愚妄的人哪！你所種的如果不死，就得不到生命；

愚哉、爾所播者、不死則不生、

曰、愚哉、爾所播之種、必化而後生、

愚人哉、爾所種者、若不先死、則不能生、

是亦愚人也已！夫爾所播之種、必先死而後萌發。

How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

How foolish! What you plant doesn’t come to life unless it dies.

You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

You fool! That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies;

Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies.

Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die:

Foolish one! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

[ Thou] fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

Fool! What you sow will not come to life unless it dies.

You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.

I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels— a plentiful harvest of new lives.

Then Jesus said to them,“ You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures.

So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise.

Fools! Didn’t God make the inside as well as the outside?

“ But God said to him,‘ You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’

Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools.