A Man Deaf and Unable to Speak Healed

³¹ And again he went away from the region of Tyre and^[a] came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of the Decapolis. ³² And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they were imploring him that he would place his^[b] hand on him. ³³ And he took him away from the crowd by himself and^[c] put his fingers into his ears, and after^[d] spitting, he touched his tongue. ³⁴ And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”). ³⁵ And^[e] his ears were opened and his difficulty in speaking was removed^[f] and he began to speak normally. ³⁶ And he ordered them that they should say nothing, but as much as he ordered them not to, they proclaimed it^[g] even more instead. ³⁷ And they were amazed beyond all measure, saying, “He has done all things well! He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak!”