Neville Goddard on Matthew 16:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 16 in context

Scripture Focus

3And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

Matthew 16:3-4

Biblical Context

Jesus rebukes the hypocritical crowd for reading external weather but missing the inner signs of their times. They demand a miracle, but the true sign lies in inner transformation rather than outward proof.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this scene, the weather you fear is the weather of your own mind. The crowd seeks external proof while the inner man of faith remains asleep to his own signs. The wicked and adulterous generation symbolizes a consciousness that plays at piety while ignoring the inner movements of time. Signs are not the sky’s forecast but the reverberations of your inner state. When you realize that the times are read by the I AM within, Jonah’s sign becomes a symbol of inner death and rebirth, a call to awaken to your true nature. You are invited to shift from seeking outward validation to discerning how your present consciousness arranges events. The promise and the truth lie in your ability to align with the inner law of consciousness: trust, not fear; watch, not resist; assume the good and it expresses. As you dwell in this realization, you will notice opportunities and guidance appearing as natural signs from within, confirming the truth you hold in the I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and assume I AM the inner observer of all signs. Revise the craving for external proof and feel the inner weather shift as you accept the sign that comes from within.