31 The people brought a man to Jesus who could not hear and could not talk well. They begged Jesus to put his hand on him.
32 So Jesus took him away alone. He put his fingers in the mans ears. Then he spat and touched the mans tongue.
33 He looked up to heaven and sighed. He said, Ephphatha! That means, Be opened!
34 Right away the mans ears were opened and his tongue was made free. He could talk well.
35 Jesus said, Do not tell anyone. But the more he told them not to tell, the more they told it everywhere.
36 The people were very much surprised. They said, He has done everything well. The people who could not hear can hear. The people who could not talk can talk.
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