Neville Goddard on Mark 7:10-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 7 in context

Scripture Focus

10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

11But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

12And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

13Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

Mark 7:10-13

Biblical Context

Mark 7:10-13 exposes how the Corban tradition excuses neglect of parents and undermines the command to honor them. It contrasts outward ritual with the living law that requires heartfelt obedience.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville's framework, every verse is a depiction of your inner state. When the scribes declare Corban—a gift that frees one from parental duty—they reveal a habit of mind that treats law as external and life as something to barter. The true 'word of God' is the living decree within you: I AM, the awareness that honors itself by honoring others. To dissolve the tradition that cuts off responsibility, you do not argue with external forms; you shift your inner assumption until it becomes your lived experience. See yourself as a man or woman who already honors father and mother in your present consciousness, right now, by the way you imagine and feel about them. When you revise the belief that tradition can absolve you, the external rules lose their grip and the inner word regains its power to guide your actions. The claim of the Corban is healed by the trust that the inner law is more real than outward custom; in that inner conversion, the Life of God flows free again through your relationships.

Practice This Now

Practice: sit quietly and assume you are already honoring your parents in your present consciousness; revise the belief that tradition frees you, and feel the inner Word guiding your response by imagining a calm, appreciative scene with them.