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34 Looking heavenward to God, Jesus sighed and commanded,

Jesus: Open up[a] and let this man speak.

35 [Immediately][b] the man could hear, his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly. 36 Jesus ordered those who had witnessed this to tell no one; but the more He insisted, the more zealously people spread the word.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:34 Aramaic, Ephphatha
  2. 7:35 Some of the earliest manuscripts omit this word.

34 He looked up to heaven(A) and with a deep sigh(B) said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”). 35 At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.(C)

36 Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone.(D) But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it.

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