⁷ He ^(A)touched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and ^(B)your iniquity is taken away and your sin is ^[a]forgiven.”

^33 (A)Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after ^(B)spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva; ³⁴ and looking up to heaven with a deep ^(C)sigh, He *said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!” ³⁵ And his ears were opened, and the ^[a]impediment of his tongue ^[b]was removed, and he began speaking plainly.