Neville Goddard on Matthew 3:7-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 3 in context

Scripture Focus

7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

8Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

9And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Matthew 3:7-10

Biblical Context

John the Baptist warns the Pharisees and Sadducees that true repentance must show in fruits of action and inner change, not in ancestry or ritual alone.

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse 7–10 speaks to the inner court of consciousness. The Pharisees and Sadducees are not 'out there' but within, a state of mind clinging to ancestry, status, and piety while remaining unmoved by conversion. John’s question—who warned you to flee the coming wrath—is a nudge to awaken: the hour of decision begins in your own awareness. The call to 'bring forth fruits meet for repentance' is not a moral lecture but a lifting of the inner state. Fruits are the natural expressions of a mind that has turned. If you insist that you are Abraham’s child externally, you deny the living root of truth within; God is able to raise up children from stones—meaning any hardened belief or stale self-conception can be transformed by consciousness awakened. The axe laid to the root of the trees points to the pruning of old identifications, the release of fear, judgment, and separation. When you align your I AM with compassion, honesty, and faithfulness, the inner tree bears good fruit, and the fire is only the light that purifies until only radiant awareness remains.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and imagine an inner tree; assume you are the I AM and see the roots of old beliefs pruned. Then picture new fruit appearing—honesty, patience, compassion—as your daily experience.