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Mark 7:34

Mark 7:34 is verse 34 of Mark chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).

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King James Version

And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

World English Bible

Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”

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Mark 7:32–36 · Berean Standard Bible

32 Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.

33 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.

34 And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).

35 Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.

36 Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Mark 6:41

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.

John 11:41

So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

John 17:1

When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.

Mark 8:12

Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

Ezekiel 21:6

But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.

Ezekiel 21:7

And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”

Luke 19:41

As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

John 11:33

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

John 11:35

Jesus wept.

John 11:38

Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.

Mark 5:41

Taking her by the hand, Jesus said, “Talitha koum!” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”

Mark 15:34

At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Mark 1:41

Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!”

Luke 7:14

Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”

Luke 18:42

“Receive your sight!” Jesus replied. “Your faith has healed you.”

John 11:43

After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

Acts 9:34

“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,

Acts 9:40

Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.

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