"And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;" — Mark 7:32

Mark 7:32 · KJV

“And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;”

— Mark 7:32

And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

Verse 33

And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

Mark 7 — Context

And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;

And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

Cross References

Luke 11:14

And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.

Mark 5:23

And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: {I pray thee}, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

Matthew 9:32-33

As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.