Neville Goddard on Matthew 16:5-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 16 in context

Scripture Focus

5And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

6Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

7And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.

8Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?

Matthew 16:5-8

Biblical Context

The disciples forget bread; Jesus warns them to beware the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees and challenges their little faith when they discuss lack.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the scene as a map of your own consciousness. The bread they forgot is not a crust but a symbol of supply within. The warning about the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees points to a subtle habit of thought—the tiny but persistent belief that you are lacking. When they say we have no bread, they are really naming a condition of mind. Jesus sees through the surface and rebukes them not for physical hunger but for little faith, for reasoning from lack. The leaven is fear-filled reasoning that inflates doubt and deflects attention from the one Presence that sustains all. Your true loaf is the I AM, the awareness that never leaves you. As you dwell in that presence, your outer events rearrange to reflect inner reality. The lack they argued about is simply a mistaken assumption you are free of; correct it by choosing the end you desire and by feeling the reality of it now.