He took him aside from the multitude privately and put his fingers into his ears; and he spat and touched his tongue.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 7:33 in context
Mark 7:30–36
30
She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.
31
Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee through the middle of the region of Decapolis.
32
They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.
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He took him aside from the multitude privately and put his fingers into his ears; and he spat and touched his tongue.
34
Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”
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Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.
36
He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.
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