Neville Goddard on Matthew 15:21-28 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 15 in context

Scripture Focus

21Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

22And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.

27And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

28Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

Matthew 15:21-28

Biblical Context

Jesus travels to Tyre and Sidon; a Canaanite mother pleads for mercy for her demon-possessed daughter, and through persistent faith her daughter is healed.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within me is the scene of Matthew 15:21–28, a drama played out in the theatre of consciousness. Jesus represents the I AM, the living awareness that can feed the multitude from the crumbs of experience. The Canaanite woman is my own yearning for wholeness, pressing through the noise of old beliefs. When the mind answers with silence and limitation—'I am not sent'—I recognize this as a dream-state, not reality. I am both the lost sheep and the shepherd, the Tyre-dweller and the Israelite, for these borders exist only in thought. I worship in truth and declare, 'Have mercy,' and with that worship I awaken to my inherent mercy. The line about dogs and crumbs illustrates how old habit taxonomy says I must deserve grace; I revise it in my mind: crumbs are enough, for I am the Master at the table, and the bread is mine to eat. Then the teacher within proclaims, 'Great is thy faith,' meaning the faith I live now, in this moment, makes the healing real—my inner daughter is made whole, here and now.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, place your hand over your chest, and declare, 'I am whole now' as if it is your immediate experience; envision the crumb of grace landing in your own being, and let the sense of wholeness spread through you.