Neville Goddard on Luke 4:23-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 4 in context

Scripture Focus

23And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.

24And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

25But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

26But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

27And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.

Luke 4:23-27

Biblical Context

In Luke 4:23-27, Jesus says a prophet is not accepted in his own country and recalls Elijah with Sarepta and Elisha with Naaman to show that mercy rests beyond familiar borders. The passage invites us to see healing and grace as present when we expand our inner sense of who is included.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within every mind there is a country—your fixed opinions, your familiar thoughts—where new truth often seems unwelcome. When Jesus says a prophet is not accepted in his own country, he is pointing to the moment you resist receiving healing as a present fact because it does not fit your old story. The references to Sarepta and Naaman remind you that Spirit gives its grace to those willing to listen beyond borders you have drawn. In your life, the miracle you seek is not withheld by a distant God, but by a reluctance to revise the story you tell about yourself. If you imagine ‘Israel’ as your sanctioned beliefs and ‘Gentiles’ as your broader, unconditioned awareness, you see that mercy travels to the side of you that is ready to change. The I AM, your true self, is always sending healing through, when you drop the gate of resistance and rise in imagination as the healed one now.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, revise: 'I am already healed now.' Feel the relief in your body and mind, and let a vivid scene of restoration play out as real as waking life.