Neville Goddard on Mark 10:1-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.

2And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

3And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

4And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

5And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

6But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

8And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

10And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.

11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

12And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

Mark 10:1-12

Biblical Context

Jesus teaches that marriage is a divine, lasting union created by God, and divorce stems from the hardness of the heart; what God has joined together should not be parted.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the inner perspective, the scene is not about external marriage laws but about your state of consciousness. ‘What God hath joined together’ is a translation of the felt truth: there is one Life, one awareness, one flesh as you imagine. The Pharisees press for an outwards rule, and Jesus counters by reintroducing creation—the One, male and female originating from the same Source—and the call to leave an old sense of self and cleave to the present Whole. In Neville terms, the story is a nudge to revise your inner assumption until it feels real that you and your partner are already one—not two beings bound by social contract, but one Being, one Expression of I AM. Whenever you sense separation, imagine a new state of consciousness in which unity is the natural condition, and let your feelings conform to that reality. The appearance of divorce or discord dissolves as you inhabit the truth of oneness.