33. Jesus led the man away from the crowd, by himself. He put his fingers in the man’s ears and then spit and touched the man’s tongue.
34. Looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to the man, “Ephphatha!” (This means, “Be opened.”)
35. Instantly the man was able to hear and to use his tongue so that he spoke clearly.
36. Jesus commanded the people not to tell anyone about what happened. But the more he commanded them, the more they told about it.
37. They were completely amazed and said, “Jesus does everything well. He makes the deaf hear! And those who can’t talk he makes able to speak.”