Neville Goddard on Mark 2:14-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

14And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

15And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.

16And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

17When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Mark 2:14-17

Biblical Context

Jesus calls Levi to follow him; later he sits to eat with publicans and sinners, while the scribes question this fellowship; Jesus states that the healthy have no need of a physician, for he came to call sinners to repentance.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the scene is not about a journey to Galilee but a revelation in consciousness. Levi's seat at the tax booth becomes a symbol of the mind preoccupied with duty and calculation; when Jesus says, Follow me, you are being invited to shift your I AM into a new posture. The meal at Levi's house illustrates the act of inclusion inside your own awareness: the 'publicans and sinners' are the parts of you society has branded unworthy—habitual fears, memories, judgments—now welcomed to dine with the Presence. The critics represent the habit of separation, the urge to keep score of who is inside and who is outside. And Jesus' word, 'They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance,' is not condemnation but a reminder that wholeness is a state of mind you choose. As you soften identification with lack and invite the physician within, healing is not a distant event but a revision of your inner atmosphere. Presence of God—the I AM—moves through you, dissolving the illusion of separation and restoring table fellowship with every part of your being.

Practice This Now

Practice: Assume the scene now—see yourself seated with those you judge or fear; revise the sense of separation and feel the physician within confirming your wholeness. Taste the mercy at the table in imagination and let that feeling become your reality.