Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
1 Corinthians 15:36
King James Version (public domain)
Traditionally attributed to Paul · 1st century AD · Thirteen epistles of the New Testament are traditionally attributed to him
Context
34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
35But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
36Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.