This will be the sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped snugly in cloth and lying in a feeding trough.”

Then Simeon blessed them and told His mother Mary: “Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed—

And others, as a test, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.

As the crowds were increasing, He began saying: “This generation is an evil generation. It demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

“Teacher,” they asked Him, “so when will these things be? And what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?”