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.

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.

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

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,

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

But news of him went out all the more, in every direction, and great numbers of people came together to give hearing to his words and to be made well from their diseases.

But the report concerning him spread much more, and large crowds came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities.

Yet word of him traveled around all the more. And great crowds came together, so that they might listen and be cured by him from their infirmities.

However, the story about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came together to listen to him, and to be cured of their illnesses;

(3) 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.
(3) Christ would rather be well known by his doctrine than by miracles, and therefore he departs from those that seek him as a physician of the body, and not as the author of salvation.

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.

LEPER HEALED. (Luke 5:12-16)
But so, &c.--(See Mark 1:45).