Mark 7:31-37 (Gospel)
- 31
- Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee.
- 32
- Then they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him to put His hand on him.
- 33
- And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue.
- 34
- Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”
- 35
- Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.
- 36
- Then He commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
- 37
- And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”