Neville Goddard on Matthew 8:10-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 8 in context

Scripture Focus

10When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

11And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

13And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

Matthew 8:10-13

Biblical Context

Jesus commends the centurion’s extraordinary faith, signaling that true inclusion in the kingdom comes from inner trust, not birth. The healing of the centurion’s servant illustrates that belief governs the outcome, and that many from all states of mind will share in the kingdom.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the kingdom is not a distant place but the immediate alignment of your consciousness with the I AM within. The centurion’s faith is your own capacity to accept that authority rests with you—inside, not outside—and that a command of belief stirs the same order you see in the healing. When you say, 'as I have believed, so it shall be done,' you unlock the self-same hour of healing presently. The text shows that many who seem far away—east and west—shall sit in the kingdom, meaning every state of mind and every seeming person can share in this certainty. The 'children of the kingdom' who lean on lineage may wander into outer darkness; you therefore abandon old loyalties and take, now, the inner throne of perception. Your task is to dwell in the feeling of the fulfilled order, to revise disbelief until your inner atmosphere matches the healed state, and then let events echo that truth through your life.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling of healed wholeness now; silently affirm 'as I have believed, so it shall be done' until it sits in your chest and becomes your mode of perception.