'Far' in the Bible

Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.

Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

"He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.