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Berean Standard Bible

“So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.”

Mark 7:33

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Jesus is traveling through the Decapolis, a largely Gentile region, when people bring him a man who is deaf and can barely speak. Mark alone records the unusual details of this healing.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.

World English Bible (WEB)

He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.

King James Version (KJV)

And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;

American Standard Version (ASV)

And he took him aside from the multitude privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And he took him on one side from the people privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he put water from his mouth on the man's tongue with his finger;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And having taken him away from the multitude by himself, he put his fingers to his ears, and having spit, he touched his tongue,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y tomándole aparte de la gente, metió sus dedos en las orejas de él, y escupiendo, tocó su lengua;

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Jesús se lo llevó aparte para estar a solas con él; le puso los dedos en los oídos y le tocó la lengua con saliva.

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