33 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
34 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed; and he spake plain.
35 And he charged them that they should tell no man; but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published him;
36 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
Mark 8 Intro: Feeding the multitude -- Healing the blind man -- Self-denial taught.
1 In those days, the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples, and said unto them,
2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat; and if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way; for divers of them came from afar.
3 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these, so great a multitude, with bread, here in the wilderness?
4 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven
5 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground; and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before the people; and they did set them before the people.
6 And they had a few small fishes; and he blessed them, and commanded to set them also before the people, that they should eat.
