31 Then Jesus left the territory of Tyre and passed through Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the territory of the Decapolis.

32 Some people brought him a deaf man who also had a speech impediment. They begged him to lay his hand on him.

33 Jesus took him away from the crowd to be alone with him. Putting his fingers into the man's ears, he touched his tongue with saliva.

34 Then he looked up to heaven, sighed, and said to him,"Ephphatha," that is,"Be opened!"

35 At once the man's ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to talk normally.

36 Jesus ordered the people not to tell anyone, but the more he kept ordering them, the more they kept spreading the news.

37 They were amazed beyond measure, saying, "He does everything well! He even makes deaf people hear and mute people talk!"