Mark 7:31-35

Jesus Heals a Deaf and Mute Man

31 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.^[a]

32 There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.

33 After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue.

34 He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”).

35 At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.

Cross References

• 1. ver 24; S Matthew 11:21
• 2. S Matthew 4:18
• 3. Matthew 4:25; Mark 5:20
• 4. Matthew 9:32; Luke 11:14
• 5. S Mark 5:23
• 6. Mark 8:23
• 7. Mark 6:41; John 11:41
• 8. Mark 8:12
• 9. Isaiah 35:5,6

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, the Ten Cities