Neville Goddard on Mark 3:1-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 3 in context

Scripture Focus

1And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.

2And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

3And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.

4And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

5And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

6And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

Mark 3:1-6

Biblical Context

Jesus heals a man with a withered hand in the synagogue on the Sabbath, revealing that restoration comes from inner shifts rather than external rules. The event exposes the hardness of belief and the power of compassionate action.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the withered hand as a symbol of a mind contracted by habit and law. Jesus asks the man to stand forth, not to beg, but to reveal a new state already present in consciousness. The question, Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath? becomes a mirror: the only law that matters is the law of life in the I AM. When the gaze of the inner teacher rests on you with a righteous intensity, the sense of separation dissolves and the arm is made whole by the act of insistently claiming wholeness. Stretch forth thine hand is not an external gesture but a deliberate act of imagination—feel it real, preclude disbelief, and let the new state assert itself. As the healing comes forth inside, the old constraint recedes; the hand is restored as the other, not by external power but by your inner alignment with the truth that you are awareness, not limitation. The Pharisees go out to scheme, but the truth remains: you can now act from the fullness of life that you already are.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, say I AM, and imagine your inner hand stretching forth, fully healed. As you breathe, revise one persistent limitation into a present possibility, acting from that revised state this day.