Matthæus 24

1 Og Jesus gik ud, bort fra Templet og hans Disciple gik til ham, for at vise ham Templets Bygninger.2 Men Jesus sagde til dem: see I ikke alt dette? Sandelig siger jeg Eder: her skal ikke lades Steen paa Steen, som jo skal nedbrydes.3 Men da han sad paa Oliebjerget, gik hans Disciple til ham afsides og sagde: siig os, naar skal dette skee? og hvad Tegn skal der være paa din Tilkommelse og Verdens Ende?4 Og Jesus svarede og sagde til dem: seer til, at Ingen forfører Eder.5 Thi Mange skulle komme i mit Navn og sige; jeg er Christus; og de skulle forføre Mange.6 Men I skulle høre Krige og Rygte om Krige, Seer til, at I ikke forskrækkes; thi dette maa altsammen skee; men Enden er ikke endda.7 Thi Folk skal reise sig imod Folk, og Rige imod Rige; og der skal være Hunger og Pestilentse og Jordskjælv her og der.8 Men alt dette er kun Veernes Begyndelse.9 Da skulle de overantvorde Eder til Trængsel og slaa Eder ihjel, og I skulle hades af alle Folkene for mit Navns Skyld.10 Og da skulle Mange forarges og forraade hverandre og hade hverandre.11 Og mange falske Propheter skulle opstaae og forføre Mange.12 Og efterdi Uretfærdighed vil være bleven mangfoldig, skal Kjærligheden blive kold i Mange.13 Men hvo som bliver bestandig indtil Enden, han skal blive salig.14 Og dette Riges Evangelium skal prædikes i den ganske Verden, til et Vidnesbyrd for alle Folk; og da skal Enden komme.15 Naar I da see Ødelæggelsens Vederstyggelighed, om hvilken Propheten Daniel har talet, og staae paa det hellige Sted, (hvo som det læser, give Agt derpaa!)16 da flye paa Bjergene, hvo, som er i Judæa;17 og hvo som er paa Taget, stige ikke ned, at hente Noget af sit Huus;18 og hvo som er paa Ageren, vende ikke tilbage, at hente sine Klæder.19 Men vee de Frugtsommelige og dem, som give Die, i de Dage!20 Men beder, at Eders Flugt skal ikke skee om Vinteren, ei heller paa Sabbaten;21 thi da skal være saa stor en Trængsel, som ikke har været fra Verdens Begyndelse hidindtil, som ikke heller skal blive.22 Og dersom disse Dage ikke bleve forkortede, da blev intet Menneske frelst; men for de Udvalgtes Skyld skulle disse Dage forkortes.23 Dersom Nogen da siger til Eder: see, her er Christus, eller der! da skulle I ikke troe det.24 Thi falske Christi og falske Propheter skulle opstaae og gjøre store Tegn og Undergjerninger, at de Udvalgte skulde og forføres, om det var muligt.25 See, jeg har sagt Eder det forud.26 Derfor, om de sige Eder: see, han er i Kammerne, da troer det ikke.27 Thi ligesom Lynet udgaaer fra Østen og skinner indtil Vesten, saa skal og Menneskens Søns tilkommelse være.28 Thi hvor Aadslet er, der skulle Ørnene forsamles.29 Men strax efter de Dages Trængsel skal Solen formørkes, og Maanen ikke give sit Skin, og Stjerne falde af Himmelen, og Himmelens Kræfter røres.30 Og da skal Menneskenes Søns Tegn aabenbares i Himmelen; og da skulle alle Jordens Slægter hyle, og de skulle se Menneskens Søn komme i Himmelens Skyer med Kraft og megen Herlighed.31 Og han skal udsende sine Engle med stærktlydende Basuner, og de skulle forsamle hans Udvalgte fra de fire Veir, fra den ene Ende af Himmelen til den anden.32 Lærer en Lignelse af Figentræet: naar Vædsken er kommen i dets Grene, og Bladene skyde ud, da vide I, at Sommeren er nær.33 Saaledes og I, naar I see alt dette, vider, at han er nær for Døren.34 Sandelig siger jeg Eder, denne Slægt skal ikke forgaae, førend dette skeer altsammen.35 Himmelen og Jorden skulle forgaae, men mine Ord skulle ingenlunde forgaae.36 Men om den Dag og den Time veed Ingen, end ikke Himmelens Engle, uden min Fader alene.37 Men ligesom Noahs Dage vare, saa skal og Menneskens Søns tilkommelse være.38 Thi ligesom de i Dagene før syndfloden aade og drak, toge tilægte og bortgiftede indtil den Dag, der Noah gik ind i Arken;39 og de agtede det ikke, indtil Syndfloden kom og tog dem alle bort: saaledes skal og Menneskens Søns tilkommelse være.40 Da skulle To være paa Ageren; den Ene skal annammes, og den Anden lades tilbage.41 To Kvinder skulle male paa Kværnen; den ene skal annammes, og den anden landes tilbage.42 Vaager derfor, thi I vide ikke, i hvilken Time Eders Herre kommer.43 Men dette skulle I vide, at dersom Huusbonden vidste, i hvilken Nattevagt Tyven vilde komme, da vaagede han og lod ikke bryde ind i sit Huus.44 Derfor værer I og rede; thi Menneskens Søn kommer paa den Time, som I ikke mene.45 Hvo er vel den troe og snilde Tjener, som hans Herre har sat over sit Tyende, at give demMad i tide?46 Salig er den Tjener, hvilken hans Herre, naar han kommer, finder at gjøre saaledes.47 Sandelig siger jeg Eder, at han skal sætte ham over alt sit Gods.48 Men dersom nogen ond Tjener vilde sige i sit Hjerte: min Herre tøver at komme;49 og begynde at slaae Medtjenerne, men at æde og drikke med de Drukne:50 saa skal den Tjeners Herre komme paa den Dag, som han ikke forventer, og paa den Time, som han ikke veed,51 og slaae ham sønder, og giver ham sin Deel med Øienskalke; der skal være Graad og Tænders Gnidsel.

Matthew 24

The Destruction of the Temple

1 Nowt as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings.s

2 And he said to them,t “Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth,t not one stone will be left on another.s All will be torn down!”t

Signs of the End of the Age

3 Ast he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these thingss happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”4 Jesus answered them,t “Watch outt that no one misleads you.5 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ts and they will mislead many.6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.t7 For nation will rise up in armst against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be faminess and earthquakess in various places.

8 Allt these things are the beginning of birth pains.

Persecution of Disciples

9 “Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nationst because of my name.s10 Then many will be led into sin,t and they will betray one another and hate one another.11 And many false prophets will appear and deceivet many,12 and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold.13 But the person who endures to the end will be saved.s

14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations,t and then the end will come.

The Abomination of Desolation

15 “So when you see the abomination of desolations – spoken about by Daniel the prophet – standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),16 then those in Judea must flees to the mountains.17 The one on the roofs must not come downs to take anything out of his house,18 and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.19 Woet to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!20 Prayt that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.21 For then there will be great sufferingt unlike anything that has happeneds from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.22 And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.23 Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ts or ‘There he is!’ do not believe him.24 For false messiahst and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.25 Remember,t I have told you ahead of time.26 So then, if someonet says to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’t do not go out, or ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him.27 For just like the lightnings comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

28 Wherever the corpse is, there the vulturests will gather.t

The Arrival of the Son of Man

29 “Immediatelyt after the sufferingt of those days, 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 shaken.s30 Thent the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven,t andt all the tribes of the earth will mourn. Theyt will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heavens with power and great glory.

31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heavent to the other.

The Parable of the Fig Tree

32 “Learnt this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.33 So also you, when you see all these things, knowt that he is near, right at the door.34 I tell you the truth,t this generations will not pass away until all these things take place.

35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.s

Be Ready!

36 “But as for that day and hour no one knows it – not even the angels in heavens – except the Father alone.37 For just like the days of Noahs were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.38 For in those days before the flood, peoplet were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.39 And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away.s It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.t40 Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.s

41 There will be two women grinding grain with a mill;t one will be taken and one left.
42 “Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what days your Lord will come.43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thiefs was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

44 Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.s

The Faithful and Wise Slave

45 “Who then is the faithful and wise slave,t whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slavest their food at the proper time?46 Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at workt when he comes.47 I tell you the truth,t the mastert will put him in charge of all his possessions.48 But ift that evil slave should say to himself,t ‘My master is staying away a long time,’49 and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards,50 then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

51 and will cut him in two,t and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.