Cleansing of the Inner Leper

Mark 1:40-45 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

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Scripture Focus

40And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
41And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
42And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
43And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;
44And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
45But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
Mark 1:40-45

Biblical Context

A leper comes to Jesus begging for cleansing; Jesus heals him by touching and declaring that the man is clean, then sends him to show himself to the priest, but the healed man goes out and publicizes the miracle.

Neville's Inner Vision

Envision the leper as a symbol of a state of consciousness convinced of separation. The healed state enters not through effort but by an inner consent to be touched by the I AM, the awareness that you are already whole. The decree I will; be thou clean is the moment of inner authority, a firm assumption that the belief in impurity has no power over your true nature. When that ruling is accepted in the heart, the sense of separation evaporates and the body mirrors the shift. Compassion here is the I AM moving toward you—a gentle, irresistible assurance of wholeness. The outward scene—including warnings to restrain outward reports—becomes the arena where inner truth begins to manifest. Yet the real transmission is inward: once the inner consciousness rests in wellness, life rearranges itself so that the outer world reflects your certainty, drawing toward you the conditions that confirm your healed state.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the healed self; repeat I am clean and I am whole, and feel that truth saturate your body until the sense of separation dissolves. Then go about your day acting as the healed you, letting the outer world respond to your inner certainty.

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