Inner Weights and Measures
Matthew 23:23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Matthew 23 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jesus warns that focusing on tiny ritual tithes while neglecting the weightier matters—judgment, mercy, and faith—misses the true purpose of the law.
Neville's Inner Vision
Beloved, the scene speaks not to a condemnation of outward law but to the rhythm of your inner economy. When you tally mint and dill and cumin, you are counting tiny habits of thought—pleasant, but inert—while you neglect the weightier matters: judgment, mercy, and faith. These are not external duties; they are the living atmosphere of your consciousness. The scribes and Pharisees symbolize your habitual mind clinging to rules while forgetting the presence of I AM here now. To be free, you must understand that your reality arises from the inner state, not external compliance. The solution is simple: assume the state of the very mercy, the discerning judgment, and the fearless faith you seek, and dwell there until it becomes your nature. See yourself as the I AM, the silent judge who loves without condemnation, who forgives without memory, who trusts the unseen law that cannot fail. In your imagination, cultivate this inner condition first; then the outer forms—your actions, your circumstances—will follow in kind. You are invited to revise, not the law alone, but your inner receipts, until you reside in the weightier matters as your habitual reality.
Practice This Now
Sit quietly and revise a judgment about someone by affirming: I am the mercy of God in this moment; I judge with divine discernment, yet forgive. Then feel that reality for 1–2 minutes.
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