Thematic Bible: One deaf-mute man cured

Again He left the region of Tyre and traveled [north] through Sidon, [then back south] to Lake Galilee, and through the middle of Decapolis. And they brought to Him a deaf man who had a speech impediment and they begged Him to place His hand on him [for healing]. So, Jesus took him away from the crowd by himself and put His fingers into the man's ears. Then He spit and touched the man's tongue [i.e., with His saliva] read more.
and, looking up to heaven, He sighed and said, "Ephphatha," which means, "Be opened." And [immediately] the man's hearing was restored, his speech impediment was removed and he began speaking clearly. Then Jesus ordered the people [who witnessed the miracle] not to tell anyone [about it], but the more He urged them not to, the more widely they publicized it. And they were utterly amazed, saying, "He has done everything just right; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."