Mark 7

A Man Deaf and Unable to Speak Healed

31 And again he went away from the region of Tyre and**Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("went away") has been translated as a finite verb 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*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun hand on him. 33 And he took him away from the crowd by himself and**Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("took … away") has been translated as a finite verb put his fingers into his ears, and after**Here "after" is supplied as a component of the participle ("spitting") which is understood as temporal spitting, he touched his tongue. 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened!"). 35 And*Some manuscripts have "And immediately" his ears were opened and his difficulty in speaking was removed*Literally "the bond of his tongue was loosened" 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**Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation even more instead. 37 And they were amazed beyond all measure, saying, "He has done all things well! He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak!"