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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”.

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. Mark 7:33 Mark does not tell us where Jesus spit.
  3. Mark 7:33 Or, His.

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