34. then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”)
35. And [immediately] the man’s ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly.
36. He ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more he ordered them not to, the more they proclaimed it.
37. They were exceedingly astonished and they said, “He has done all things well. He makes the deaf hear and [the] mute speak.”