And Zachariah said to the angel: By what sign shall I know this? for I am old, and my wife is advanced in years.

And this shall be to you the sign: you will find the babe wrapped in swathing-clothes, and lying in a stable.

And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign to be spoken against,

And others, that they might tempt him, asked of him a sign from heaven.

And when the multitudes were crowded together, he began to say: This is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, and no sign shall be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of man shall also be to this generation.

And they asked him, saying: Teacher, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign when these things come to pass?

When Herod saw Jesus, he rejoiced greatly; for he had, for a long time, desired to see him, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to see some sign done by him.