A Personal Touch

• Fingers into the Deaf Man’s Ears
• Spit
• Touched the Man’s Tongue

A Profound Result

• Ears Opened
• Tongue Loosened
• Plain Speaking 

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. [...] At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.

The Small Kindnesses are Often the Most Significant

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• Eyes were Opened
• Sight was Restored
• Saw Everything Clearly

He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?” [...] Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

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• Spit on the Ground
• Made Some Spit-Mud
• Put it on the Man’s Eyes

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• Went (to Sent)
• Washed
• Came Home Seeing

Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. [...] He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.” NIV

A Blind Man Was Content to “Went” Where He Was Sent

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