4 Bible Verses about Highways

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Luke 14:23

Then the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the roads and along the brushy trails and urge people to attend [the supper] so that my house will be full [of guests].'

Matthew 22:9

Now go to the main crossroads of the highways and invite everyone you find there to the wedding reception.'

Matthew 22:10

So, his servants went out to the highways and gathered in all those who could be found, both bad and good, so that the wedding [reception] was full of guests.

Mark 1:3

from Isa. 40:3], "Look, I am sending my messenger on ahead of you. He will prepare the way for you.

From Thematic Bible


Highways » Figurative

Matthew 3:3

For this is the man who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, who said, [Isa. 40:3], "[It is] the voice of a man who speaks out in the desert, [urging people to] make the road for the Lord ready [for Him to travel]; to make a straight pathway for Him [to walk on]."

More verses: Matthew 7:13-14

Highways » Roads for public use

Highways » Desolation of, threatened as a punishment

Highways » Infested with » Robbers

Luke 10:30-33

Jesus answered him, "A certain man was traveling down from Jerusalem to Jericho [Note: This was a town about eighteen miles northeast of Jerusalem], when he was attacked by robbers, who stripped him [of his clothing and belongings] and beat him up, then went away leaving him half dead. And it just happened that a certain priest was traveling down that [same] road, and when he saw the [injured] man, he went around him on the opposite side of the road. In the same way, a Levite [Note: Levites were assistants to the priests], when coming to that place and seeing the [injured] man, also went around him on the opposite side [of the road]. read more.
But [then] a certain Samaritan [Note: This was a person despised by the Jews and regarded by them as a 'half-breed'], as he traveled along, came to where the [injured] man was [lying], and upon seeing him [lying there], felt deep pity [for him].

Highways » Illustrative » Of facilities for the restoration of the jews

Highways » Infested with » Wild beasts

Highways » Generally straight

Highways » Generally broad

Highways » Illustrative » (made in the deserts,) of facilities for the spread of the gospel

Highways » Beggars sat by sides of

Mark 10:46

Then they [i.e., Jesus and the twelve apostles] came to Jericho [Note: This was a town about

Matthew 20:30

Just then, two blind men sitting along side of the road heard that Jesus was passing by that way. [So], they shouted out, "Lord, take pity on us, son of David."

Highways » Made to all cities of refuge

Highways » Marked out by heaps of stones

Highways » Often obstructed

Highways » Infested with » Serpents

Highways » All obstructions removed from, before persons of distinction

Highways » Called the king's highway

Highways » Illustrative » (broad,) of the way to destruction

Matthew 7:13

"You should enter [God's kingdom] by means of the narrow door, for the wide door and the broad road are the ones that lead to [spiritual and physical] destruction. And many people will enter [that wide door].

Highways » Illustrative » (narrow,) of the way of life

Matthew 7:14

But the door that is narrow and the road that is restricted lead to [spiritual] life and [only] a few people will find them.

Highways » Illustrative » Of the way of holiness

Highways » Often made in deserts

Highways » By-paths more secure in times of danger

Highways » Illustrative » Of Christ

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