33 After Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, he put his fingers in the man’s ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue.
34 Then he looked up to heaven and said with a sigh, “Ephphatha” (that is, “Be opened”).
35 And immediately the man’s ears were opened, his tongue loosened, and he spoke plainly.
36 Jesus ordered them not to tell anything. But as much as he ordered them not to do this, they proclaimed it all the more.
37 People were completely astounded and said, “He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”