'Far' in the Bible

These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about.

And when he saw Jesus from far off, he went quickly to him and gave him worship;

And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.

And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.

And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the man sent friends to him, saying, Lord, do not give yourself trouble: for I am not important enough for you to come into my house:

And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.

And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.

The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.

In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.

And the other disciples came in the little boat (they were not far from land, only about two hundred cubits off) pulling the net full of fish.

For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.

Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.

And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:

But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly.

So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:

And Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia, went with him as far as Asia.

And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.

And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.

And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.

For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome.

For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;

But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:

As far as the good news is in question, they are cut off from God on account of you, but as far as the selection is in question, they are loved on account of the fathers.

As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.

The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,

By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;

So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.

If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;

As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.

For we have no need to make ourselves seem more than we are, as if our authority did not come as far as to you: for we came even as far as you with the good news of Christ:

But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.

Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:

But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;

He who went down is the same who went up far over all the heavens so that he might make all things complete.)

Only, as far as we have got, let us be guided by the same rule.

All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.

Watching from far away, for fear of her punishment, saying, Sorrow, sorrow for Babylon, the great town, the strong town! for in one hour you have been judged.

The traders in these things, by which their wealth was increased, will be watching far off for fear of her punishment, weeping and crying;

For in one hour such great wealth has come to nothing. And every shipmaster, and all who are sailing on the sea, and sailors and all who get their living by the sea, were watching from far away,