34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”). 35 And[a] his ears were opened and his difficulty in speaking was removed[b] and he began to speak normally. 36 And he ordered them that they should say nothing, but as much as he ordered them not to, they proclaimed it[c] even more instead.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:35 Some manuscripts have “And immediately”
  2. Mark 7:35 Literally “the bond of his tongue was loosened”
  3. Mark 7:36 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation