33 Jesus took the man to one side, away from the crowd. He put his fingers into the man's ears. Then he spit and touched the man's tongue.
34 Jesus looked up to heaven. With a deep sigh, he said to the man, "Ephphatha!" That means "Be opened!"
35 The man's ears were opened. His tongue was freed up, and he began to speak clearly.
36 Jesus ordered the people not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it.