Mark 7:31-37
New American Standard Bible
31 (A)Again He left the region of (B)Tyre and came through Sidon to (C)the Sea of Galilee, within the region of (D)Decapolis. 32 And they *brought to Him one who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they *begged Him to (E)lay His hand on him. 33 And Jesus (F)took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers in his ears, and after (G)spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva; 34 and looking up to heaven with a deep (H)sigh, He *said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!” 35 And his ears were opened, and the [a]impediment of his tongue was [b]removed, and he began speaking plainly. 36 And (I)He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they (J)continued to proclaim it. 37 And they were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes even those who are deaf hear, and those who are unable to talk, speak.”
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Mark 7:31-37
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Jesus Heals a Deaf-Mute
31 And again having gone out of the districts of Tyre, He went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee in the midst of the districts of Decapolis. 32 And they bring to Him a deaf and speech-impaired one, and are begging Him that He lay His hand on him. 33 And having taken him away from the crowd privately, He put His fingers into his[a] ears. And having spit[b], He touched his[c] tongue. 34 And having looked up to heaven, He sighed. And He says to him “Ephphatha”, which means “Be opened”. 35 And immediately his ears were opened and the binding[d] of his tongue was released and he was speaking correctly. 36 And He gave-orders to them that they should be telling no one. But as much as He was giving orders to them, they even more abundantly were proclaiming it. 37 And they were being super-abundantly astounded, saying “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak”.
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- Mark 7:33 Or, His. The significance of this action is not clear. Some think it was a kind of sign language by which Jesus was telling the man or the onlookers what He was going to heal.
- Mark 7:33 Mark does not tell us where Jesus spit.
- Mark 7:33 Or, His.
- Mark 7:35 That is, the binding which held the man’s tongue and impeded his speaking.
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