Neville Goddard on Matthew 20:17-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 20 in context

Scripture Focus

17And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,

18Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,

Matthew 20:17-18

Biblical Context

Jesus tells the twelve that as they go to Jerusalem, he will be betrayed by the chief priests and scribes and condemned to death. Read spiritually, the betrayal signals an inner turning point in consciousness rather than a merely historical event.

Neville's Inner Vision

As I follow the path to what I call Jerusalem, I discover that the 'Son of Man' within me is moving toward a decisive inner crucifixion. The betrayal by the chief priests and scribes becomes the inner voices of fear, habit, and self-doubt that deny the truth of I AM. Their condemnation to death is not a sentence upon a person but an outer sign of the old self dying to make room for the new life of pure awareness. In Neville's language, events are movements of consciousness: what dies is the limited picture of self, what rises is the realization that I AM is here now and ruling. When I accept this inner scene as already fulfilled, I do not resist the 'betrayal' but welcome it as the signal that the old self is being crucified so the divine life may emerge unblocked. The prophecy becomes my present experience: I AM the witness, I AM the power, I AM the life that survives every form.

Practice This Now

Assume the scene as if I AM already ruling my inner Jerusalem. Revise the betrayal as the dying of an old belief and feel the new life of pure awareness arising.