5 Bible Verses about Far From Here

And a few days later, this younger son gathered everything together and traveled to a distant country where he squandered his possessions in wild living.

So, He said, "A certain distinguished gentleman went to a distant country to receive a royal appointment [i.e., as king over a territory] and then return. [Note: This is the only parable of Jesus' that correlates with a known incident; that of Herod's son Archelaus going to Rome to receive from Caesar Augustus an appointment to rule over Judea, Samaria and Idumaea in

Then the Lord said to me, 'Go, for I will send you far away from here to the Gentiles.' "

[Meanwhile] the boat, still some distance from shore, was being severely battered by the waves because of the opposing winds.

But the tax collector stood at a distance [i.e., inconspicuously] and would not even look up to heaven, but struck his chest [i.e., in remorse], saying, 'God, [please] have mercy on a sinner like me.'