Mark 7:31-36

A Man Deaf and Unable to Speak Healed

31 And again he went away from the region of Tyre [and] 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 hand on him.

33 And he took him away from the crowd by himself [and] put his fingers into his ears, and [after] spitting, he touched his tongue.

34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened!").

35 And his ears were opened and {his difficulty in speaking was removed} 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] even more instead.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("went away") has been translated as a finite verb
• [b]. Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
• [c]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("took ... away") has been translated as a finite verb
• [d]. *Here "[after]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("spitting") which is understood as temporal
• [e]. Some manuscripts have "And immediately"
• [f]. Literally "the bond of his tongue was loosened"
• [g]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation