Inner Tombs of Hypocrisy

Matthew 23:29 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Matthew 23 in context

Scripture Focus

29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
Matthew 23:29

Biblical Context

Jesus condemns the scribes and Pharisees for outwardly honoring prophets while remaining morally hollow; their reverence is a show, not inner renewal.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM that you are, Matthew 23:29 reveals a mind that worships the past while denying its living life. The prophets are not dead figures in history but inner truths you once awakened to, now kept in display by clinging to form. Woe is not a punishment from heaven but a nudge from consciousness that you are treating outer appearances as real while your inner reality atrophies. By building tombs you defend a sense of holiness that never actually renews you; you honor the past while surrendering present power. The cure is to revise: recognize that the 'righteous' you garnish already lives within your current awareness, not in old sepulchres. Let the inner truth breathe through the I AM; assume it as real now, and feel the revival as your present experience. When you dwell in that living awareness, outward proofs of piety lose their coercive pull, and you become the living temple, forever renewed by your own consciousness.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling that you are the living prophet now. Revise any habit of clinging to past forms and feel inner truth awaken in your present awareness.

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