4 Bible Verses about Highways
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"Then the master said to his slave, 'Go out on the roads and by the hedges and make the people come in, so that my house may be filled.
So go out to the country crossroads and invite everybody you find to my wedding reception.'
And those slaves went out into the roads and gathered everybody they found, both good and bad, and the bridal-hall was packed with guests.
He is a voice of one who shouts in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; make the paths straight for Him.'"
From Thematic Bible
Highways » Figurative
This is he who was mentioned by the prophet Isaiah, when he said: "Here is a voice of one who shouts in the desert, 'Get the road ready 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
Jesus answered: "A man was on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell into the hands of robbers, who both stripped him and beat him till he was half dead, and then went off and left him. Now a priest happened to be going that way, but when he saw him, he went by on the other side of the road. So a Levite likewise came down to the place, but when he saw him, he went by on the other side. read more.
But a Samaritan, while on a journey, came down to him, and when he saw him, his heart was moved with 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
Then they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho, with His disciples and a great crowd, Timeus' son, Bartimeus, a blind beggar, was sitting on the roadside.
And two blind men sitting by the roadside heard that Jesus was passing and cried out, "Do pity us, Lord, you 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 narrow gate, for broad and roomy is the road that leads to destruction, and many are going in by it.
Highways » Illustrative » (narrow,) of the way of life
But narrow is the gate and hard is the road that leads to life, and few are they that 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 and the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
