Neville Goddard on Matthew 8:5-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 8 in context

Scripture Focus

5And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

6And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

7And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

8The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

9For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

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 8:5-13

Biblical Context

In Matthew 8:5-13, a centurion asks Jesus to heal his sick servant; Jesus commends his faith and heals at once. The passage illustrates how the inner belief, spoken as a word, travels from consciousness to circumstance.

Neville's Inner Vision

Interpreting the scene through Neville's lens, the centurion embodies a state of consciousness that recognises authority within. He says speak the word only, not to beg for proximity but to acknowledge that the inner decree governs every movement. Jesus marvels because such faith belongs to the inner man who does not plead for miracles but asserts alignment with the inner order. The kingdom of heaven is a state, not a place; it is the domain where you know you already are what you seek. As the centurion commands his soldiers from a place of established authority, so the inner self commands the body from the one Mind. When you assume the healed state and let that reality circulate as feeling, healing occurs in consciousness and the outward scene follows. The message is that distance and circumstance are irrelevant to the word that you are, and the healed condition is the natural consequence of an unwavering I AM present within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise the scene in your mind, declaring, 'I AM healing now; my servant is healed in the one Mind.' Feel that state as already real today.