Neville Goddard on Mark 11:15-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 11 in context

Scripture Focus

15And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

16And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.

Mark 11:15-16

Biblical Context

Jesus arrives in the temple and drives out those selling and buying there, overturning tables and stopping the business within the holy space. He refuses any ordinary commerce to defile the temple, restoring its sacred purpose.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the temple is your consciousness, and your attention is the altar. When you cling to the belief that life is a market—selling ideas of lack, status, or fear—your inner sanctuary becomes crowded with merchants. The act in Mark 11:15–16 is the drama of you cleansing the space by turning over the tables of every thought that profits from your limitation. Moneychangers and doves symbolize those thoughts and attachments that barter peace for a moment of comfort; by casting them out, you restore the sacred order where true worship is found in quiet, unwavering awareness. The prohibition against carrying vessels through the temple speaks to not letting external concerns pass as distractions through your inner sanctuary. The cleansing is an inward decision to inhabit the state of God operating as you—purity, integrity, holiness—so that your temple is free to express the living I AM.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, close your eyes, and imagine entering your temple and physically overturning the tables of every belief in lack or separation; then rest in the felt sense that you are pure awareness, the I AM, free to worship without interruption.