And this will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a feeding trough."

Then Simeon blessed them and told Mary, his mother, "This infant is destined to cause many in Israel to fall and rise. Also, he will be a sign that will be opposed.

Others, wanting to test Jesus, kept asking him for a sign from heaven.

Now as the crowds continued to throng around Jesus, he went on to say, "This people living today are an evil generation. It craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah,

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

Then they asked him, "Teacher, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?"

Now Herod was very glad to see Jesus, because he had been wanting to see him for a long time on account of what he had heard about him. He was also hoping to see some sign done by him.