Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Matthew 9:31 in English Standard Version "But they went away and spread his fame through all that district." Mr 1:45 But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter. Mr 7:36 And Jesus charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.