4 Bible Verses about Highways
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"Said the master to his slave. 'Go out into the roads and the hedges, and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.
"'So go out into the partings of the highways, and summon everybody you find there to the wedding-feast.'
"So those slaves went out into the roads, and gathered together all whom they found, good or bad, and the banquet-hall was filled with the guests.
The voice of one crying aloud. In the desert make ready a road for the Lord. Make his paths straight.
From Thematic Bible
Highways » Figurative
This John it was of whom it was said through Isaiah, the prophet, The voice of one who cries aloud in the desert, "Prepare a way for the Lord, Make the paths straight for him."
Highways » Roads for public use
Highways » Desolation of, threatened as a punishment
Highways » Infested with » Robbers
"A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell among bandits who both stripped him and beat him, and went off leaving him half dead. "Now a certain priest chanced to be going down that way, but on seeing him he passed on the other side. "In like manner also a Levite who came to the spot, came and looked at him, and passed on the other side. read more.
"But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was, and when he saw him was moved with compassion.
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
Then they reached Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting beside the road.
And two blind men, sitting by the side of the road, heard that it was Jesus who was passing by, and cried out, "Have pity on us, Master, 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
"Enter by the narrow gate; for broad is the gate and wide the road that leads to destruction, and many are they who go in by it;
Highways » Illustrative » (narrow,) of the way of life
"but the gate is narrow and the road is steep, which leads to life, and they are few who find it.
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
Jesus answered him. "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man ever comes to the Father but by me.
