Neville Goddard on Luke 8:43-48 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 8 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Luke 8:43-48

Biblical Context

A woman with twelve years of bleeding, having spent all she had on physicians, touches the border of Jesus' garment and is healed instantly. Jesus recognizes the power that left him and attributes the healing to her faith.

Neville's Inner Vision

Luke 8:43-48 opens not as a tale about a woman crossing a crowd, but as a map of a state of consciousness. The hemorrhaging woman is a living image of a belief that has bled itself dry, yet her every move is a decision to turn toward the I AM, the inner touchstone. When she presses behind the throng and touches the border of Jesus' garment, she is not reaching outward but aligning inwardly with the healing power that already dwells in her. The 'virtue' Jesus speaks of is the mysteriously available energy of awareness that leaves him only when she meets it with unwavering faith in her wholeness. Her declaration before all shows that healing is not a miracle apart from consciousness but a shift in state: faith is her instrument, and wholeness is her natural condition. Jesus' words, 'Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace,' invite you to rest in the realized state. The scene teaches that peace follows when you no longer identify with lack but inhabit the true self that already contains healing, quietness, and restoration.

Practice This Now

Assume the state of wholeness now and feel the healing power as if already yours. In stillness, touch the border of your old self-image and declare, 'I am whole; I go in peace.'