Neville Goddard on Luke 8:40-56 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 8 in context

Scripture Focus

40And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.

41And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:

42For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.

43And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

44Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

45And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

46And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.

47And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

48And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.

49While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.

50But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.

51And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.

52And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

53And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

54And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.

55And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.

56And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.

Luke 8:40-56

Biblical Context

Jesus returns to a waiting crowd; Jairus pleads for his dying daughter, and a woman with a twelve-year illness is healed by touching his garment. Jesus then raises the girl, teaching that faith makes you whole.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here Luke invites you to observe a drama inside your own consciousness. Jairus represents the mind gripped by a sense of lack—the belief that life resides in the body and time runs out. The woman with the issue is a stubborn pattern—years spent seeking cures outside the self—whose ache is healed not by external help but by turning attention to the border of awareness. When the crowd presses Jesus, what is touched is not his physical garment but the vitality already present in every state of consciousness. 'Virtue' going out of him is the inner life force flowing to the point of focus. The words 'thy faith hath made thee whole' are not external praise but a law: belief in your I AM heals. Then comes word of death, and the new command—'Fear not: believe only'—is the invitation to shift from fear-informed assumption to an assumed state of wholeness. He excludes the crowd, acknowledging only faith, and calls the maiden to life. The 'death' is not literal cessation but the old identification of self with limitation; the awakening is the revival of life within the I AM. Thus the incident reveals that healing, restoration, and even resurrection are the natural outcomes of consciousness when belief rests in the I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and assume the I AM is already the state of your being—see wholeness now. Then declare 'Fear not, believe only' and feel the life-force as if your healing and renewal are complete.