And this shall be a sign to you, Ye shall find the child wrapped in swaddling bands lying in a manger.

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 which shall be spoken against,

and others, to try Him, desired of Him a sign from heaven.

And when the multitudes were gathering thick together He began to say, This is a wicked generation: they demand a sign, but no sign shall be given them, except that of the prophet Jonah:

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

And they asked Him, saying, Master, when shall these things be? And what will be the sign when these things shall come to pass?