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33 After Jesus had taken him aside from the crowd, he stuck his fingers in the man's ears. Then he spit and put it on the man's tongue. 34 Jesus looked up toward heaven, and with a groan he said, “Effatha!”[a] which means “Open up!” 35 At once the man could hear, and he had no more trouble talking clearly.

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  1. 7.34 Effatha: This word is in Aramaic, a language spoken in Palestine during the time of Jesus.

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