But he went off and proceeded to proclaim it aloud and spread news of the affair both far and wide. The result was that Jesus could no longer enter any town openly; he stayed outside in lonely places, and people came to him from every quarter.

And Jesus forbade them to tell anyone about it, but the more he forbade them the more they spread the news far and wide.

and they lay along row against row, a hundred deep, and fifty wide.

As they could not get him near Jesus on account of the crowd, they broke open the roof just over his head, and through the opening they lowered the mat with the paralytic lying on it.

And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.

And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear.

And they went away and saw a young ass by the door outside in the open street; and they were getting him loose.

And while Peter was down in the open square of the building, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came;

And again he came [and] found them sleeping, {for they could not keep their eyes open}, and they did not know what to reply to him.

And as soon as he was come out of the water, John saw the heavens open, and the holy ghost descending upon him like a dove.