Matthew 9:31
New International Version
But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.

New Living Translation
But instead, they went out and spread his fame all over the region.

English Standard Version
But they went away and spread his fame through all that district.

Berean Standard Bible
But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout the land.

Berean Literal Bible
But having gone out, they made Him known in all that land.

King James Bible
But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.

New King James Version
But when they had departed, they spread the news about Him in all that country.

New American Standard Bible
But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout that land.

NASB 1995
But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout all that land.

NASB 1977
But they went out, and spread the news about Him in all that land.

Legacy Standard Bible
But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout all that land.

Amplified Bible
But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout that whole district.

Christian Standard Bible
But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that whole area.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout that whole area.

American Standard Version
But they went forth, and spread abroad his fame in all that land.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But they went forth and they announced it in all that area.

Contemporary English Version
But they left and talked about him to everyone in that part of the country.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But they going out, spread his fame abroad in all that country.

English Revised Version
But they went forth, and spread abroad his fame in all that land.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that region.

Good News Translation
But they left and spread the news about Jesus all over that part of the country.

International Standard Version
But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that region.

Literal Standard Version
but they, having gone forth, spread His fame in all that land.

Majority Standard Bible
But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout the land.

New American Bible
But they went out and spread word of him through all that land.

NET Bible
But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that entire region.

New Revised Standard Version
But they went away and spread the news about him throughout that district.

New Heart English Bible
But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.

Webster's Bible Translation
But they, when they had departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.

Weymouth New Testament
But they went out and published His fame in all that district.

World English Bible
But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.

Young's Literal Translation
but they, having gone forth, did spread his fame in all that land.

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Context
Jesus Heals the Blind and Mute
30And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!” 31But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout the land. 32As they were leaving, a demon-possessed man who was mute was brought to Jesus.…

Cross References
Matthew 4:24
News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed--and He healed them.

Matthew 9:26
And the news about this spread throughout that region.

Matthew 14:1
At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus

Matthew 28:15
So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.

Mark 1:28
And the news about Jesus spread quickly through the whole region of Galilee.

Mark 1:45
But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.

Luke 4:14
Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region.


Treasury of Scripture

But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.

spread.

Mark 1:44,45
And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them…

Mark 7:36
And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;

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Matthew 9
1. Jesus heals a paralytic
9. calls Matthew from the receipt of custom;
10. eats with tax collectors and sinners;
14. defends his disciples for not fasting;
20. cures the sick woman;
23. raises Jairus' daughter from death;
27. gives sight to two blind men;
32. heals a mute man possessed of a demon;
36. and has compassion on the multitude.














(31) They . . . spread abroad his fame.--As in other cases, so in this, the command was not obeyed. The question has been raised, whether the zeal which thus showed itself was or not praiseworthy; and, curiously enough, has been answered by most patristic and Roman Catholic commentators in the affirmative, some even maintaining that the command was not meant seriously; and by most Protestant commentators in the negative. There can be no doubt that the latter take that which is ethically the truer view. "To obey is better than sacrifice," better even than unrestrained emotion, better certainly than garrulous excitement.

Verse 31. - But they, when they were departed; but they went forth and (Revised Version). The very moment that they left the house (cf, ver. 32) they disobeyed him. Observe that the phrases used in this verso are possibly due to a reminiscence of the similar phrases found in Mark 1:45 of the leper. Spread abroad his fame in all that country; land (Revised Version); ver. 26, note.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

they went out
ἐξελθόντες (exelthontes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1831: To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.

and spread the news
διεφήμισαν (diephēmisan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1310: To report, publish abroad. From dia and a derivative of pheme; to report thoroughly, i.e. Divulgate.

about Him
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

throughout
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

land.
γῇ (gē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.


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