Neville Goddard on Matthew 10:12-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 10 in context

Scripture Focus

12And when ye come into an house, salute it.

13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

15Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

Matthew 10:12-15

Biblical Context

Jesus instructs blessing every house you enter and to let your peace rest there if the space is worthy. If it isn't, your peace returns to you, and you depart, shaking off the dust as an inner release from attachment.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM lens, the house is a state of consciousness you enter. Saluting the space is acknowledging the pattern of awareness you have chosen to dwell in. If the state is worthy, your peace rests there as a sign that your vibration harmonizes with the room; if not, let your peace return to you—withdraw your favorable assumption from that scene and revise your inner posture toward them. The command to shake off the dust of your feet becomes an inner clearing: do not carry the sense of obligation or grievance into your next dwelling; release the image you formed about what the other 'should' receive. Your judgment is not on people but on your own alignment. When you declare, 'It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment,' you are seeing the extreme of inner resistance as the condition prompting judgment. By retaining your peace and returning to I AM, you demonstrate that your reality is a function of consciousness, not of external reception.

Practice This Now

Practice: Each time you enter a room, bless it with your inner peace. If resistance arises, withdraw your blessing, revise your assumption to 'I and this room are one peace,' and rest in the feeling of I AM.