Luke 5:15
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New International Version (©2011)
Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

New Living Translation (©2007)
But despite Jesus' instructions, the report of his power spread even faster, and vast crowds came to hear him preach and to be healed of their diseases.

English Standard Version (©2001)
But now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
But the news about Him was spreading even farther, and large crowds were gathering to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But the news about Him spread even more, and large crowds would come together to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

International Standard Version (©2012)
But the news about Jesus spread even more, and many crowds began gathering to hear him and to be healed of their diseases.

NET Bible (©2006)
But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And fame went out about him increasingly, and many people were gathered to hear from him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The news about Jesus spread even more. Large crowds gathered to hear him and have their diseases cured.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

American King James Version
But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

American Standard Version
But so much the more went abroad the report concerning him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the fame of him went abroad the more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

Darby Bible Translation
But the report concerning him was spread abroad still more, and great crowds came together to hear, and to be healed from their infirmities.

English Revised Version
But so much the more went abroad the report concerning him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities.

Webster's Bible Translation
But so much the more a fame of him went abroad: and great multitudes came together to hear and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

Weymouth New Testament
But all the more the report about Him spread abroad, and great multitudes crowded to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;

World English Bible
But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

Young's Literal Translation
but the more was the report going abroad concerning him, and great multitudes were coming together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

5:12-16 This man is said to be full of leprosy; he had that distemper in a high degree, which represents our natural pollution by sin; we are full of that leprosy; from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot there is no soundness in us. Strong confidence and deep humility are united in the words of this leper. And if any sinner, from a deep sense of vileness, says, I know the Lord can cleanse, but will he look upon such a one as me? will he apply his own precious blood for my cleansing and healing? Yes, he will. Speak not as doubting, but as humbly referring the matter to Christ. And being saved from the guilt and power of our sins, let us spread abroad Christ's fame, and bring others to hear him and to be healed.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 15. - But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. It is evident that his wishes and commands were neglected, possibly out of a mistaken feeling of gratitude. The result was that his work of teaching was hindered by the crowds who resorted to him at once as a Physician of extraordinary power. But he had graver and much more important work before him than even the blessed task of relieving suffering. So he withdrew himself, says our evangelist, and again spent a short season in solitude and prayer.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him,.... For the more he charged the man to keep silence, the more he blazed it abroad, being elated with the cure he received, and filled with gratitude to his benefactor; Mark 1:45.

And great multitudes came together to hear: him, or from him, as the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions add; to hear the doctrines of the Gospel preached by him: "and to be healed by him of their infirmities"; their bodily weaknesses and disorders.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

15. But so, &c.—(See Mr 1:45).

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The Leper's Prayer
…14And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. 15But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. 16And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

Matthew 4:24 News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them.
Matthew 9:26 News of this spread through all that region.
Matthew 9:31 But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.
Mark 1:45 Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.