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Mark 7:33

Sickness and healing

31 Then Jesus left the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.

32 Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.

So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.

34 And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).

35 Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.

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BSB
So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.
KJV
And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
WEB
He took him aside from the multitude privately and put his fingers into his ears; and he spat and touched his tongue.
ASV
And he took him aside from the multitude privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue;
DARBY
And having taken him away from the crowd apart, he put his fingers to his ears; and having spit, he touched his tongue;
BLB
And having taken him away from the crowd by himself, He put His fingers into his ears. And having spit, He touched his tongue.
ÅB
Og han tok ham avsides fra folket, og stakk sine fingrer i hans ører og spyttet og rørte ved hans tunge,
OTB
Jesus tok ham til side, bort fra folkemengden, og satte fingrene i mannens ører. Så spyttet Han og rørte ved mannens tunge.
B1930
Og han tok ham avsides fra folket, og stakk sine fingrer i hans ører og spyttet og rørte ved hans tunge,

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Cross references

  • Mark 8:23

    So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.

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  • John 9:6–7

    When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.

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  • Mark 5:40

    And they laughed at Him. After He had put them all outside, He took the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and went in to see the child.

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  • 1 Kings 17:19–22

    But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

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  • 2 Kings 4:33–34

    So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.

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  • 2 Kings 4:4–6

    Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”

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