Neville Goddard on Mark 14:18-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 14 in context

Scripture Focus

18And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.

19And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?

20And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.

Mark 14:18-20

Biblical Context

Jesus reveals that one of the twelve who shares the meal will betray him; the disciples respond with sorrow and self-inquiry about their own potential betrayal.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the crowded table of your own mind, this scene unfolds as a map of consciousness. The dish stands for shared substance—the one life you and all your facets drink. The twelve are the facets of your I AM. When Jesus says one of you shall betray, he is pointing to a belief that a part of you can act apart from the whole. The sorrow that rises is the mind’s test of allegiance to the I AM; the whispered question 'Is it I?' is your inner self-check. But the betrayer is not a separate person; it is a state of fear or pride dipped in the same life-substance. In this light, the prophecy becomes a promise: you may revise any belief that you are divided from your own unity. Rest where you truly are—in the awareness that you are the I AM, and that every seeming betrayal is but a call to awaken to that unity through imagination.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, and assume you are already dwelling in the I AM. Revise the scene by declaring there is nothing outside this I AM; the so-called betrayer is a fear-based state you release now, and you remain in perfect unity at the table.