31 Then he departed from the region of Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis.

32 Then they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged him to put his hand on him.

33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue.

34 And looking up to heaven he sighed and said to him, »Ephphatha,« that is, »Be opened.«

35 And immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.

36 And he commanded them to tell no one; but the more he charged them, the more widely they proclaimed it.

37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, »He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.«