³²And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they were imploring him that he would place his^v hand on him. ³³And he took him away from the crowd by himself and^* put his fingers into his ears, and after^* spitting, he touched his tongue. ³⁴And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”). ³⁵And^w his ears were opened and his difficulty in speaking was removed^x and he began to speak normally.

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Footnotes

vLiterally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took … away”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“spitting”) which is understood as temporal
wSome manuscripts have “And immediately”
xLiterally “the bond of his tongue was loosened”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.

After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue. He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”). At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking and begged Jesus to lay his hand on him. So he took him away from the crowd in private. After putting his fingers in the man’s ears and spitting, he touched his tongue. Looking up to heaven, he sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”). Immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was loosened, and he began to speak clearly.

NLTNew Living Translation

A deaf man with a speech impediment was brought to him, and the people begged Jesus to lay his hands on the man to heal him.

Jesus led him away from the crowd so they could be alone. He put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then, spitting on his own fingers, he touched the man’s tongue. Looking up to heaven, he sighed and said, “Ephphatha,” which means, “Be opened!” Instantly the man could hear perfectly, and his tongue was freed so he could speak plainly!

KJV 1900King James Version

And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

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