31 Returning from the neighbourhood of Tyre, He came by way of Sidon to the Lake of Galilee, passing through the district of the Ten Towns.

32 Here they brought to Him a deaf man that stammered, on whom they begged Him to lay His hands.

33 So Jesus taking him aside, apart from the crowd, put His fingers into his ears, and spat, and moistened his tongue;

34 and looking up to Heaven He sighed, and said to him, »Ephphatha!« (that is, »Open!«)

35 And the man's ears were opened, and his tongue became untied, and he began to speak perfectly.

36 Then Jesus charged them to tell no one; but the more He charged them, all the more did they spread the news far and wide.

37 The amazement was extreme. »He succeeds in everything he attempts,« they exclaimed; »he even makes deaf men hear and dumb men speak!«