Neville Goddard on Luke 7:31-35 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 7 in context

Scripture Focus

31And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

32They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

34The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

35But wisdom is justified of all her children.

Luke 7:31-35

Biblical Context

Jesus asks what this generation is like and shows they ignore both John’s austerity and His own sociable manner; their judgments reveal a fixed inner disposition. Wisdom, however, is justified by its children—by the fruits of true discernment.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville Goddard’s terms, the generation represents a state of consciousness that swerves between two external expressions—John’s stern asceticism and Jesus’ sociable presence—yet remains unmoved by either. The marketplace is the stage of your life where inner vibrations meet outer events. To ‘dance’ or ‘weep’ are merely inner responses to the music you allow your mind to hum. When you condemn one form, you condemn a facet of your own mind; when you rest in the I AM and listen to your true inner wisdom, the appearance of contradiction dissolves. Wisdom is not a judgment on morality but a living discernment whose truth manifests as the fruit of your experience. If you trust this inner discernment, your life will demonstrate that wisdom is justified by her children—the clear, harmonious outcomes that arise from inner alignment rather than outer approval.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Place the I AM as observer in the marketplace of your mind and revise any judgment about others. Feel-it-real that your inner wisdom is guiding responses and that your life will reflect the discerning state you assume.