Where did John&#8217;s baptism come from? From heaven or from people?&#8221;<n id="1" /> They discussed this among themselves, saying, &#8220;If we say, &#8216;From heaven,&#8217; he will say, &#8216;Then why did you not believe him?&#8217;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now when the Pharisees<n id="1" /> and Sadducees<n id="2" /> came to test Jesus,<n id="3" /> they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.<n id="4" />

Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord<n id="1" /> descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

Look at the birds in the sky:<n id="1" /> They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds<n id="2" /> them. Aren&#8217;t you more valuable<n id="3" /> than they are?

Jesus said to him, &#8220;Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky<n id="1" /> have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.&#8221;<n id="2" />

And you, Capernaum,<n id="1" /> will you be exalted to heaven?<n id="2" /> No, you will be thrown down to Hades!<n id="3" /> For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.

<t /><p class="bodytext">At that time Jesus said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I praise<n id="2" /> you, Father, Lord<n id="3" /> of heaven and earth, because<n id="4" /> you have hidden these things from the wise<n id="5" /> and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.

It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest garden plant and becomes a tree,<n id="1" /> so that the wild birds<n id="2" /> come and nest in its branches.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

and in the morning, &#8216;It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.&#8217;<n id="1" /> You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky,<n id="2" /> but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Immediately<n id="1" /> after the suffering<n id="2" /> of those days, <i>the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shakeni>.<n id="3" />

Jesus said to him, &#8220;You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man <i>sitting at the right handi><n id="1" /> of the Power<n id="2" /> and <i>coming on the clouds of heaveni>.&#8221;<n id="3" />

Then<n id="1" /> the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven,<n id="2" /> and<n id="3" /> all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They<n id="4" /> will see <i>the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaveni><n id="5" /> with power and great glory.