Neville Goddard on Matthew 4:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 4 in context

Scripture Focus

3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Matthew 4:3-4

Biblical Context

The tempter asks Jesus to turn stones into bread to prove his sonship. Jesus replies that life is sustained by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the desert of the soul, the stone of lack asks you to turn it into bread. Neville reads this as a surrender to a state of consciousness ruled by appetite and fear, rather than by the Word that proceeds from the mouth of God. The moment you acknowledge that you live by every word, you shift your inner chemistry from urge to awareness. The I Am within refuses to measure life by outward supply and insists that reality is formed by an inner decree. When you feel the truth that you are the embodied Word, you sense things you once sought in the flesh answering from the inner realm. This is not a denial of needs but a revision of who you take yourself to be. The temptation disappears when you accept that the Word nourishes without producing anxiety or striving. Rest in the certainty that the Son of God is present as your awareness, and your day is fed by divine speech rather than by stones becoming bread.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare that you are sustained by the Word that proceeds from God. Feel this as a warm current of nourishment in your chest for a minute, revising any lack into inward abundance.