Neville Goddard on Matthew 12:10-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 12 in context

Scripture Focus

10And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

11And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

12How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

13Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

14Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

Matthew 12:10-14

Biblical Context

Jesus heals a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath and declares that it is lawful to do good. The scene contrasts mercy with rigid ritual, showing that true obedience serves life.

Neville's Inner Vision

See this scene as a drama of consciousness. The withered hand is the shape of a mind held by limitation; the Sabbath is a doctrine of habit, not a day. When Jesus asks, 'What man...' and then commands, 'Stretch forth thine hand,' the inner voice invites you to stretch your state. The healing occurs when you rise to a higher assumption, not when you appease external rules. The Pharisees' plotting reveals how the old self resists new life; yet their council cannot dictate your experience. The law of mercy outruns the letter of the law, because reality is formed by I AM, the awareness you are. The miracle—restoration—happens as soon as you entertain the truth that you are more valuable than any rule and that your creative act can realign body and circumstance. Thus the Sabbath becomes an invitation to conscious expansion, not a prohibition against kindness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are already whole; feel the I AM presence lifting limitation from your life. Repeat silently, 'I am healed now,' until the sensation of wholeness is real in you.