10 “To whom should I speak and give warning?

Who will listen?

Look! Their ears are closed,* so that they are unable to pay attention.+

32 Here they brought him a deaf man with a speech impediment,+ and they pleaded with him to lay his hand on him. 33 And he took him aside privately, away from the crowd. Then he put his fingers into the man’s ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue.+ 34 And looking up into heaven, he sighed deeply and said to him: “Ephʹpha·tha,” that is, “Be opened.” 35 At this his ears were opened,+ and his speech impediment was removed, and he began speaking normally.

22 In reply he said to them: “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind are now seeing,+ the lame are walking, the lepers are being cleansed, the deaf are hearing,+ the dead are being raised up, and the poor are being told the good news.+