1 Corinthians 15:35-38 MEV Berkeley Zondervan 1966 "But," someone will ask, "how are the dead raised? And with what body do they come?"

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

Nor is what you sow the body that is to be; it is a mere kernel, either of wheat or of some other grain.

But God gives it a body as He plans and to each seed its particular body.

John 12:24 Truly I assure you, unless the grain of wheat that drops into the earth, dies, it remains single, but if it dies, it produces a rich yield.

Ezekiel 37:3-14 He said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? I answered, "LORD God, Thou knowest."

Then He said to me; Prophesy over these bones. Say to them, You dry bones, Hear the word of the LORD.

Thus says the LORD God to these bones: Notice! I will put breath into you, and you shall live.

I will lay sinews upon you, clothe you with flesh, cover you with skin, put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

So I prophesied as I was ordered; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, a rattling; and see, the bones were uniting, bone to its [fitting] bone.

And as I looked on, see, sinews came upon them, and flesh, and then skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.

Then He said to me: Prophesy to the wind; prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, 'Thus says the LORD God: Come from the four winds, O Spirit, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

So I prophesied as He had ordered me, and breath came into them; they lived and stood on their feet, an unusually large army.

Then He said to me; Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Yet they continue to say, "Our bones are dried up, our hope is lost, and we are completely done for!"

Therefore prophesy. Say to them, Thus says the LORD God: Take note! I will open your graves, raise you from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

You shall know that I am the LORD when I have opened your graves, My people, and brought you up out of your graves.

I will put My Spirit within you, and you shall live. I will settle you in your own land, and you shall know that I, the LORD, have said it and have done it, says the LORD.


Ezekiel 36:8-11 But you, mountains of Israel, shall put forth your branches and yield your fruit for My people Israel; for they shall soon be coming home.

For see, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall br tilled and sown;

I will multiply you into a large population, the whole house of Israel, all of it; Your cities shall be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

I will multiply in the land both man and beast; they shall increase and be fruitful; and I will populate you as of old, and I do even better to you than during your early days. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.