Neville Goddard on Luke 6:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 6 in context

Scripture Focus

3And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;

4How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?

Luke 6:3-4

Biblical Context

Jesus cites David's hunger and his eating of the showbread to show that mercy can override ritual, implying inner provision beyond strict law.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of this verse as a map of your inner state. The hunger is not a physical lack but a stirring within the I AM, a call to remember that you live by the living bread of awareness. The showbread represents the nourishment that comes when consciousness rests in God and ceases to measure life by external rules. David acts not in rebellion but in recognition that the presence within him—God in him—outgrows the letter of the law. When Jesus points to this episode, he invites you to shift from 'doing' to 'being'—to trust that your inner temple supplies all that you hunger for. The house of God is wherever your attention rests in this moment; the priests are your habitual judgments that say 'this is not lawful.' Yet mercy pours through when you acknowledge that the I AM feeds every craving from within, and the body follows the rhythm of your inner conviction. Thus the apparent contradiction dissolves: law preserves life only when life is seen as the living presence within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are already fed by the divine presence within; feel the nourishment steadying your mind. Then bless someone in thought, letting this inner provision extend outward as a tangible sense of mercy beyond mere rule.