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.