Mark 7:32-35
New King James Version
32 Then (A)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 (B)He spat and touched his tongue. 34 Then, (C)looking up to heaven, (D)He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”
35 (E)Immediately his ears were opened, and the [a]impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.
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- Mark 7:35 Lit. bond
Mark 7:32-35
Amplified Bible
32 They brought to Him a man who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him. 33 Jesus, taking him aside by himself, away from the crowd, put His fingers into the man’s ears, and after spitting, He touched the man’s tongue [with the saliva]; 34 and looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to the man, “Ephphatha,” which [in Aramaic] means, “[a]Be opened and released!” 35 And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he began speaking plainly.
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- Mark 7:34 A command directed to the whole person.
Mark 7:32-35
The Message
31-35 Then he left the region of Tyre, went through Sidon back to Galilee Lake and over to the district of the Ten Towns. Some people brought a man who could neither hear nor speak and asked Jesus to lay a healing hand on him. He took the man off by himself, put his fingers in the man’s ears and some spit on the man’s tongue. Then Jesus looked up in prayer, groaned mightily, and commanded, “Ephphatha!—Open up!” And it happened. The man’s hearing was clear and his speech plain—just like that.
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