Neville Goddard on Mark 12:38-44 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 12 in context

Scripture Focus

38And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

39And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

40Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

41And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

42And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

43And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:

44For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

Mark 12:38-44

Biblical Context

Jesus warns against scribes who pursue public piety and riches. In contrast, a poor widow gives all she has, and her small offering is greater in value.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine Mark 12:38-44 as a map of inner states. The scribes embody mind-sets addicted to appearances, clothing, names, and clever prayers - habits that clutch at approval and the illusion of provision. The treasury scene translates not to coins, but to where consciousness pours its credit. The rich cast money as if wealth were external; the widow offers two mites as all she has, a symbolic surrender of living to the One within. In Neville's language, the offering is not the amount but the willingness to rely on the I AM, to feel, even for a moment, that you already possess source and food and safety in your own awareness. When you revise your sense of lack to a present, given reality, a new state is born: abundance is a mental condition that activates through feeling it real. The greater condemnation falls on the belief that you are apart from your supply; the widow shows the opposite: a complete trust that the inner reality provides. Thus the scene becomes a practice: awaken to the I AM, and offer all your living within that awareness, and watch the outer provision follow.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly; envision the temple treasury as your mind; place all you call wealth into it and feel the I AM already supplying you. Repeat, 'I am abundance, now made real' until the sense of lack dissolves.