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But he went out
The word "he" refers to the man Jesus healed.
began to declare it freely
Here "declare it freely" is a metaphor for telling people in many places about what had happened. Alternate translation: "began to tell people in many places about what Jesus had done" (See: and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
so much so that
The man spread the news so much that
that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly
This was the result of the man spreading the news so much. Here "openly" is a metaphor for "publicly." Jesus could not enter the towns because many people would crowd around him. Alternate translation: "that Jesus could no longer enter a town publicly" or "that Jesus could no longer enter the towns in a way that many people would see him" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
remote places
"lonely places" or "places where no one lived"
from everywhere
The word "everywhere" is a hyperbole used to emphasize how very many places the people came from. Alternate translation: "from all over the region" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)