³³ He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue.^{(A) 34} Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”^{(B) 35} And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.^{(C) 36} Then Jesus^[a] ordered them to tell no one, but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.^(D)

Jesus Cures a Blind Man at Bethsaida

²² They came to Bethsaida. Some people^[a] brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him.^{(A) 23} He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had put saliva on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Can you see anything?”^{(B) 24} And the man^[b] looked up and said, “I can see people, but they look like trees, walking.” ²⁵ Then Jesus^[c] laid his hands on his eyes again, and he looked intently, and his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. ²⁶ Then he sent him away to his home, saying, “Do not even go into the village.”^[d](C)