5:15a

But: The Greek conjunction that the Berean Standard Bible translates as But here means “in spite of this.” Even though Jesus had told the man not to tell other people (5:14a), the news about Jesus still spread.

It is implicit here that the man did not obey Jesus’ command to tell no one what had happened. (This is explicit in Mark 1:45.) The man told other people and the news about Jesus spread even further than before. If you think that people will not understand this, you might consider making this explicit. For example:

but ⌊the man did tell other people what Jesus had done, and so⌋ the news about him spread
-or-
But despite Jesus’ instructions, the report of his power spread even faster (New Living Translation (2004))

the news about Jesus: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as news literally means “word” or “message.” Here it refers to the report about Jesus’ power to heal leprosy. Some ways to translate this are:

the news/report about ⌊what⌋ Jesus ⌊had done⌋
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the news/report that Jesus ⌊could heal sick people⌋

spread all the more: The tense of the Greek verb for spread indicates that the report about Jesus was continuing to spread. The phrase all the more here means “to a greater degree.” People kept telling other people about Jesus so that more and more people heard about him.

Some other ways to translate this are:

spread even further than before
-or-
went to even more people than before

5:15b

and: The Greek conjunction that the Berean Standard Bible translates as and introduces a result. The news of Jesus’ power was spreading, so people wanted to see him. They wanted to hear him teach. People who were sick wanted him to heal them.

Use a natural way in your language to connect the fact that Jesus was becoming well-known with the result of people coming to hear him. Some other ways to express this connection are:

consequently
-or-
The result was that

great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses: This part of the verse has two verbs: hear and be healed. The subject of both verbs is great crowds. Everyone came to listen to Jesus. Some of those who came to listen were also sick and wanted to be healed.

Some other ways to translate this are:

crowds of people came to Jesus. Many/some came to listen to him ⌊teach⌋, and many/some came to be healed from their sicknesses
-or-
crowds of people came to hear Jesus, and those who were sick among them came to be healed of their sicknesses

great crowds: The Greek phrase that the Berean Standard Bible translates as great crowds is literally “many crowds.” This phrase emphasizes the great size of the crowd. It does not mean that there were separate groups of people. Use a natural way in your language to refer to a very large crowd. For example:

Large crowds (Contemporary English Version)
-or-
Many people (New Century Version)

came: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as came means to “come together,” “gather,” or “assemble.” Luke used a Greek verb form that suggests a repeated event. It did not happen just once. Some ways to translate this are:

were gathering (NET Bible)
-or-
frequently gathered

healed of their sicknesses: In some languages the verb healed implies sickness. For such languages, including the phrase of their sicknesses is not necessary. If that is true in your language, you could simply say:

came to be healed

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