Neville Goddard on Matthew 9:23-26 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 9 in context

Scripture Focus

23And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,

24He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

25But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.

26And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.

Matthew 9:23-26

Biblical Context

In Matthew 9:23-26, Jesus enters the ruler’s house, tells the crowd to calm, and declares the maiden is not dead but asleep. When those present are sent out, he takes her hand and she rises, and news of the miracle spreads across the land.

Neville's Inner Vision

This passage is a study in the power of inner state. The ruler’s house represents the theater of your own consciousness; the crowd’s clamor mirrors habitual doubts clinging to appearances. When Jesus says the maiden sleeps, he names a vibrational state that merely appears inert, not truly dead. By removing the noise and stepping into the room with focused stillness, he aligns with a higher certainty—the I AM that heals. Taking her hand is the act of intentionally anchoring attention to the truth you claim, not the fear you fear. The girl’s rise is the restoration of life to a lidless consciousness—death as a mere sleeping phase that dissolves when consciousness awakens to itself. The fame that follows is the natural ripple of a new state of awareness asserting itself in form. The miracle is not imposed from outside but awakened within you by the steadfast practice of belief in your own I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: In the next few minutes, assume the scene is true for you—your own inner life waking; repeat, 'I AM the resurrection and the life,' and feel your vitality return as if it were already so.