Neville Goddard on Matthew 7:13-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 7 in context

Scripture Focus

13Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Matthew 7:13-14

Biblical Context

Matthew 7:13-14 presents two paths: the wide gate that leads to destruction and the narrow gate that leads to life. It frames these as inner choices, not external rules.

Neville's Inner Vision

Two gates stand before every seeker, but they are not doors in a village wall; they are states of consciousness. The broad gate invites the crowd: identification with fear, need, and outer appearances, and it leads, not to life, but to the dream of destruction. The strait gate narrows the field of attention to the I AM—the awareness that you are the imagineer of your world. The narrow way requires quiet conviction and steady imagination, not external moral struggle. When you refuse to be governed by the collective drama and instead assume the feeling of your wish fulfilled, you step through, and the scene rearranges itself to your inner state. The few who find it are simply those who persevere in consciousness, not those who chase signs. Remember: God is your awareness, and imagination is the instrument by which you create; life is not given from without but unveiled from within as you dwell in the certainty that you are already the state you seek.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and, for a few minutes, assume the feeling of your wish fulfilled as already yours. Then, imagine stepping through the narrow gate into a new internal landscape, and hold the certainty that this is your present reality.