Exodus 9:1-7 and Mark 7:31-37 (NLT)

Exodus 9:1-7
Plague on Livestock

1  “Go back to Pharaoh,” the Lord commanded Moses. “Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so they can worship me. 

2  If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go, 

3  the hand of the Lord will strike all your livestock—your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, and goats—with a deadly plague. 

4  But the Lord will again make a distinction between the livestock of the Israelites and that of the Egyptians. Not a single one of Israel’s animals will die! 

5  The Lord has already set the time for the plague to begin. He has declared that he will strike the land tomorrow.’”

6  And the Lord did just as he had said. The next morning all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but the Israelites didn’t lose a single animal.
7  Pharaoh sent his officials to investigate, and they discovered that the Israelites had not lost a single animal! But even so, Pharaoh’s heart remained stubborn, and he still refused to let the people go.

Mark 7:31-37
The Healing of a Deaf and Mute Man

31  Jesus left Tyre and went up to Sidon before going back to the Sea of Galilee and the region of the Ten Towns. 

32  A deaf man with a speech impediment was brought to him, and the people begged Jesus to lay his hands on the man to heal him.

33  Jesus led him away from the crowd so they could be alone. He put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then, spitting on his own fingers, he touched the man’s tongue.
34  Looking up to heaven, he sighed and said, “Ephphatha,” which means, “Be opened!” 
35  Instantly the man could hear perfectly, and his tongue was freed so he could speak plainly!
36  Jesus told the crowd not to tell anyone, but the more he told them not to, the more they spread the news. 37  They were completely amazed and said again and again, “Everything he does is wonderful. He even makes the deaf to hear and gives speech to those who cannot speak.”