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Jesus Heals the Deaf and Mute Man
This miracle is only mentioned in the Gospel of Mark. Jesus is with His disciples as He went through the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee.
For this special miracle, Jesus takes the man away from the crowd. The passage doesn’t say exactly why. Some assume it is to give the man privacy so he won’t be a spectacle.
Jesus puts His fingers in the man’s ears and then spat and touched the man’s tongue. He said, “Be opened.”
This man was immediately healed and could hear and speak well. Christ told the man to keep this event to himself. Of course he couldn’t! He had to tell everyone what God had done for him.
All of the followers praised God and said that even blind see, deaf hear, and mute speak because Jesus does all things well.
Mark 7:31-37
31 Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee. 32 Then they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him to put His hand on him. 33 And He took him aside from the multitude and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue. 34 Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”
35 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly. 36 Then He commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more widely they proclaimed it. 37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”