Neville Goddard on Luke 7:36-39 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 7 in context

Scripture Focus

36And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

37And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

38And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

39Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

Luke 7:36-39

Biblical Context

Jesus accepts hospitality at a Pharisee's house. A sinful woman anoints his feet with tears and perfume, highlighting contrasts of mercy and judgment. The scene contrasts condemnation by the host with compassion offered by Jesus.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the scene not as a dinner but as the stage of your own inner life. The Pharisee stands for a mind that measures others by rules. The woman—your attending sense of unworthiness—arrives with an alabaster box, the vessel of your self-identity, and with tears, she washes the feet of the I AM that sits at the table of awareness. Jesus, the inner Presence, does not condemn her; he speaks to a deeper mercy that dissolves the illusion of separation. In Neville’s practice, forgiveness is the recognition that the sense of being separate is a dream, and mercy is a state of consciousness you choose. As you revise and feel it real that you are already welcomed, the critic's voice fades and the room fills with abundance. The kiss and the ointment show that the past can be washed away by present inner recognition; through turning toward the truth of your oneness, you awaken to the natural hospitality of the I AM toward all being.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and assume you are the host of your own awareness, and revise the scene by accepting the one you judge with mercy. Feel the grace as real as breath, and let forgiveness and peace fill your being.