'Away' in the Bible

This is what the Lord says:Though they are strong and numerous,they will still be mowed down,and he will pass away.Though I have afflicted you,I will afflict you no longer.

The river gates are opened,and the palace erodes away.

Beauty is stripped,she is carried away;her ladies-in-waiting moanlike the sound of doves,and beat their breasts.

Where is the lions’ lair,or the feeding ground of the young lions,where the lion and lioness prowled,and the lion’s cub,with nothing to frighten them away?

You have made your merchantsmore numerous than the stars of the sky.The young locust strips the landand flies away.

I will sweep away man and animal;I will sweep away the birds of the skyand the fish of the sea,and the ruins along with the wicked.I will cut off mankindfrom the face of the earth.This is the Lord’s declaration.

Notice the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. I will engrave an inscription on it”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and I will take away the guilt of this land in a single day.

Woe to the worthless shepherdwho deserts the flock!May a sword strike his armand his right eye!May his arm wither awayand his right eye go completely blind!”

“On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.

“Look, I am going to rebuke your descendants, and I will spread animal waste over your faces, the waste from your festival sacrifices, and you will be taken away with it.

Then Jesus told him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written:Worship the Lord your God,and serve only Him.”

For I assure you: Until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass from the law until all things are accomplished.

If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to go into hell!

As for the one who wants to sue you and take away your shirt, let him have your coat as well.

Give to the one who asks you, and don’t turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Right away a man with a serious skin disease came up and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests be sad while the groom is with them? The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

No one patches an old garment with unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment and makes the tear worse.

As these men went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

For whoever has, more will be given to him, and he will have more than enough. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.

When evening came, the disciples approached Him and said, “This place is a wilderness, and it is already late. Send the crowds away so they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

“They don’t need to go away,” Jesus told them. “You give them something to eat.”

Yet He did not say a word to her. So His disciples approached Him and urged Him, “Send her away because she cries out after us.”

Now Jesus summoned His disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry; otherwise they might collapse on the way.”

An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.

If your hand or your foot causes your downfall, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

And if your eye causes your downfall, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, rather than to have two eyes and be thrown into hellfire!

“Why then,” they asked Him, “did Moses command us to give divorce papers and to send her away?”

When the young man heard that command, he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.

“Listen to another parable: There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing its fruit.

“But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own farm, another to his business.

When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

I assure you: This generation will certainly not pass away until all these things take place.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

They didn’t know until the flood came and swept them all away. So this is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be:

For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Then Jesus said to them, “Tonight all of you will run away because of Me, for it is written:I will strike the shepherd,and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.

Peter told Him, “Even if everyone runs away because of You, I will never run away!”

Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, Your will be done.”

After leaving them, He went away again and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.

But all this has happened so that the prophetic Scriptures would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and ran away.

Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had convened.

After a little while those standing there approached and said to Peter, “You certainly are one of them, since even your accent gives you away.”

After tying Him up, they led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate, the governor.

When they had mocked Him, they stripped Him of the robe, put His clothes on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.

Then they went into Capernaum, and right away He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.

Then He sternly warned him and sent him away at once,

Right away Jesus understood in His spirit that they were thinking like this within themselves and said to them, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

But the time will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new patch pulls away from the old cloth, and a worse tear is made.

Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn’t have much soil, and it sprang up right away, since it didn’t have deep soil.

These are the ones along the path where the word is sown: when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them.

For to the one who has, it will be given, and from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.”

He went away from there and came to His hometown, and His disciples followed Him.

He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

So they went away in the boat by themselves to a remote place,

Send them away, so they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages to buy themselves something to eat.”

After He said good-bye to them, He went away to the mountain to pray.

When He went into the house away from the crowd, the disciples asked Him about the parable.

So He took him away from the crowd privately. After putting His fingers in the man’s ears and spitting, He touched his tongue.

They said, “Moses permitted us to write divorce papers and send her away.”

But he was stunned at this demand, and he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.

If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here right away.’”

Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

But they took him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

Because they knew He had said this parable against them, they were looking for a way to arrest Him, but they were afraid of the crowd. So they left Him and went away.

I assure you: This generation will certainly not pass away until all these things take place.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will run away, because it is written:I will strike the shepherd,and the sheep will be scattered.

Peter told Him, “Even if everyone runs away, I will certainly not!”

And He said, “Abba, Father! All things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me. Nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.”

Once again He went away and prayed, saying the same thing.

His betrayer had given them a signal. “The One I kiss,” he said, “He’s the One; arrest Him and take Him away under guard.”

Then they all deserted Him and ran away.

but he left the linen cloth behind and ran away naked.

They led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes convened.

As soon as it was morning, the chief priests had a meeting with the elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin. After tying Jesus up, they led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate.

Then the soldiers led Him away into the courtyard (that is, headquarters) and called the whole company together.

They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us?”

Looking up, they observed that the stone—which was very large—had been rolled away.

“The Lord has done this for me. He has looked with favor in these days to take away my disgrace among the people.”

He has satisfied the hungry with good thingsand sent the rich away empty.

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord!”

But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them—then they will fast in those days.”

If anyone hits you on the cheek, offer the other also. And if anyone takes away your coat, don’t hold back your shirt either.

Give to everyone who asks you, and from one who takes your things, don’t ask for them back.

The seed along the path are those who have heard and then the Devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

Therefore take care how you listen. For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

The man from whom the demons had departed kept begging Him to be with Him. But He sent him away and said,

Late in the day, the Twelve approached and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find food and lodging, because we are in a deserted place here.”

but one thing is necessary. Mary has made the right choice, and it will not be taken away from her.”

“Woe to you experts in the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge! You didn’t go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in.”

He also said to the crowds: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, right away you say, ‘A storm is coming,’ and so it does.

But He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you’re from. Get away from Me, all you workers of unrighteousness!’

But they kept silent. He took the man, healed him, and sent him away.

“Then the manager said to himself, ‘What should I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig; I’m ashamed to beg.