Jesus and the deaf and dumb
31 Again, leaving the region of Tyre, He went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through [ m ] the region of the Decapolis. 32 They brought to Him a deaf man who also had a speech difficulty, and begged Jesus to lay His hand on him. 33 So He took him away from the crowd privately. After putting His fingers in the man’s ears and spitting, He touched his tongue. 34 Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” [ n ] (that is, “Be opened!” ). 35 Immediately his ears were opened, his speech difficulty was removed, [ o ] and he began to speak clearly. 36 Then He ordered them to tell no one, but the more He would order them, the more they would proclaim it. This story above is in Mark 7:31-36. It tells the story of a man who was deaf and also had a speech impediment. I was thinking about this story and how sometimes Jesus spoke a word and people were healed. Other times, the person who was healed wasn't even th