7 ³¹ Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis. 7 ³² And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech; and they besought him to lay his hand upon him. 7 ³³ And taking him aside from the multitude privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue; 7 ³⁴ and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened." 7 ³⁵ And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. 7 ³⁶ And he charged them to tell no one; but the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. 7 ³⁷ And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well; he even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak."