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" />p>

So<n id="1" /> he said to them, &#8220;I saw<n id="2" /> Satan fall<n id="3" /> like lightning<n id="4" /> from heaven.

Others, to test<n id="1" /> him,<n id="2" /> began asking for<n id="3" /> a sign<n id="4" /> from heaven.

John&#8217;s baptism<n id="1" /> &#8211; was it from heaven or from people?&#8221;<n id="2" />

[Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.

but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.<n id="1" />

There will be great earthquakes, and famines<n id="1" /> and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights<n id="2" /> and great signs<n id="3" /> from heaven.

Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, &#8220;Lord, do you want us <i>to call fire to come down from heaven and consumei><n id="1" /> <i>themi>?&#8221;<n id="2" />

You hypocrites!<n id="1" /> You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how<n id="2" /> to interpret the present time?p>

So<n id="1" /> they discussed it with one another, saying, &#8220;If we say, &#8216;From heaven,&#8217; he will say, &#8216;Why did you not believe him?&#8217;

and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove.<n id="1" /> And a voice came from heaven, &#8220;You are my one dear Son;<n id="2" /> in you I take great delight.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

&#8220;A sower went out to sow<n id="1" /> his seed.<n id="2" /> And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds<n id="3" /> devoured it.

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" />

If you then, although you are<n id="1" /> evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit<n id="2" /> to those who ask him!&#8221;p>

It is like a mustard seed<n id="1" /> that a man took and sowed<n id="2" /> in his garden. It<n id="3" /> grew and became a tree,<n id="4" /> and the wild birds<n id="5" /> nested in its branches.&#8221;<n id="6" />p>

<p class="bodytext">On that same occasion<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> rejoiced<n id="3" /> in the Holy Spirit and said, &#8220;I praise<n id="4" /> you, Father, Lord<n id="5" /> of heaven and earth, because<n id="6" /> you have hidden these things from the wise<n id="7" /> and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.<n id="8" />