4 Bible Verses about Highways
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'Go out,' the master said, 'into the roads and hedgerows, and make people come in, so that my house may be filled;
The servants went out into the roads and collected all the people whom they found, whether bad or good; and the bridal-hall was filled with guests.
'The voice of one crying aloud in the Wilderness: "Make ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight."'
From Thematic Bible
Highways » Figurative
This is he who was spoken of in the Prophet Isaiah, where he says--'The voice of one crying aloud in the Wilderness: "Make ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight."'
Highways » Roads for public use
Highways » Desolation of, threatened as a punishment
Highways » Infested with » Robbers
To which Jesus replied: "A man was once going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him of everything, and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. As it chanced, a priest was going down by that road. He saw the man, but passed by on the opposite side. A Levite, too, did the same; he came up to the spot, but, when he saw the man, passed by on the opposite side. read more.
But a Samaritan, traveling that way, came upon the man, and, when he saw him, he 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
They came to Jericho. When Jesus was going out of the town with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road-side.
Two blind men who were sitting by the road-side, hearing that Jesus was passing, called out: "Take 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
Go in by the small gate. Broad and spacious is the road that leads to destruction, and those that go in by it are many;
Highways » Illustrative » (narrow,) of the way of life
For small is the gate, and narrow the road, that leads to Life, and those that find it are few.
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: "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one ever comes to the Father except through me.
