Bible Verses

The people were completely astonished and said: “He has done all things well; he makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.”

Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone about it, but the more he insisted, the more they proclaimed it.

Immediately, his ears were opened, his tongue was loosened, and he began to speak clearly. 

Then, looking up to heaven, he sighed deeply and said: “Ephphatha!” which means, “Be opened!”

Jesus pulled him aside from the crowd, put his fingers into the man’s ears, and touched his tongue with spittle. 

There, a deaf man who also struggled to speak was brought to him. They asked Jesus to lay his hand on him. 

Heals a Deaf-Mute31 Again, Jesus set out from the region of Tyre. He traveled through Sidon and, along the Sea of Galilee, he arrived in the territory of Decapolis. 

And when the woman went home, she found her child lying in bed, and the demon gone. 

Then Jesus said to her: “For saying this, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”

But she replied: “Sir, even the puppies under the table eat the crumbs from the children’s bread.”