7:31 Then ¹  Jesus ²  went out again from the region of Tyre ³  and came through Sidon ⁴  to the Sea of Galilee in the region of the Decapolis. ⁵  7:32 They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him. 7:33 After Jesus ⁶  took him aside privately, away from the crowd, he put his fingers in the man’s ⁷  ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue. ⁸  7:34 Then ⁹  he looked up to heaven and said with a sigh, “Ephphatha” (that is, “Be opened”). ¹⁰  7:35 And immediately the man’s ¹¹  ears were opened, his tongue loosened, and he spoke plainly. 7:36 Jesus ordered them not to tell anything. But as much as he ordered them not to do this, they proclaimed it all the more. ¹²  7:37 People were completely astounded and said, “He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”