Neville Goddard on Luke 11:37-38 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 11 in context

Scripture Focus

37And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

38And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

Luke 11:37-38

Biblical Context

Jesus accepts the Pharisee's invitation; the scene contrasts external washing rituals with inner readiness and integrity.

Neville's Inner Vision

Luke 11:37-38 presents a moment where the outer ritual of washing is visible to the eye, while the inner washing—being free in awareness—is unseen. In Neville's mode, the Pharisee is a state of consciousness clinging to appearances, rules, and the illusion that cleanliness begins on the surface. Jesus answers from within, showing the doorway to the Kingdom is not found in spotless hands but in the posture of your I AM. When you sit with any encounter, know your reality is not judged by external washings but by the state of your heart. The host's marvel is your own awareness noticing a separation from true cleanliness; you can revise that moment by assuming you are already clean in the eyes of God, that your inner state is the only hygiene. As you dwell in that assumption, the division between ritual and integrity dissolves; you dine with the divine presence in every guest and moment. Remember: God is the I AM within, and imagination is the instrument by which you re-create your world. The old law becomes a living habit of trust in your inner purity.

Practice This Now

In the next moment, close your eyes and declare: I AM; then revise the scene by imagining Jesus sitting with you at a table of inner peace, feeling that you are already clean and letting that feeling realign every judgment about appearances.