After relating how a grain of wheat must die in order to bear fruit ​ — corresponding to his own dying and becoming a means to impart everlasting life to others — ​ Jesus extends an invitation to his listeners, saying: “If anyone would minister to me, let him follow me, and where I am there my minister will be also.
Jēzus stāsta par graudu, kam jāmirst, lai tas dotu ražu, — ar šo salīdzinājumu viņš norāda uz to, ka viņam jāmirst, lai dotu mūžīgu dzīvi citiem.