Neville Goddard on Mark 2:23-28 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 2 in context

Scripture Focus

23And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

24And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

25And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

26How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

27And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

28Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

Mark 2:23-28

Biblical Context

Jesus reframes the Sabbath from a rigid rule to a living trust in divine law, showing mercy and nourishment can transcend ritual; the inner man governs the outward rules.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the text places the disciples’ hunger for corn beside the controversy of the Sabbath. The field and the grain are not external rituals; they are states of consciousness awakening to need. David’s act of eating showbread is recalled not as a crime but as a symbolic nourishment of truth when hunger calls the heart. The Pharisees cling to form, but Jesus points to the deeper law—the Sabbath exists for man, not man for the Sabbath. That Son of Man who stands within your awareness is the master of the day; you, too, are invited to reinterpret the rule as a living expression of inner life. When you feel the tug of an old ordinance in your mind, remember that your awareness is lawful authority over the field you walk. The true Sabbath is not a day added to the calendar but a state of confident receptivity in God, where nourishment and rest flow without resistance.

Practice This Now

Assume the present-tense state: I am the Lord of my Sabbath in this moment. Now feel the freedom and nourishment flowing as your awareness rests confidently in God.