Matthew 26:15 · World English Bible
Matthew 26:15 Meaning And Said
and said, “What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?” They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.
What does Matthew 26:15 mean?
Betrayal here is the selling of the inner light for a price the senses can count. Silver is the lunar, reflected value of the material world, money as the measure the flesh trusts.
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Betrayal here is the selling of the inner light for a price the senses can count. Silver is the lunar, reflected value of the material world, money as the measure the flesh trusts. The number 30 marks a maturity turned to the wrong use, the full-grown power of a person spent on the outer rather than kept for the inner. The one handed over is the Christ-principle within, delivered up whenever a person trades the higher awareness for sensory gain. The whole bargain plays out inside: the carnal mind naming its price and the sacred self sold cheap for what can be held in the hand.
30 pieces of silver: the number 30 is grown power turned to loss, and silver the reflected lunar value of the material world, the light sold for what the senses can count
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Live Matthew 26:15 today
- Count what one habit actually costs you today, in hours, in attention, in how you feel at the end. Say the number to yourself honestly.
- Turn down one small thing that would pay you in the wrong currency, the easy flattery, the gossip, the laugh at someone's expense. The price is always quietly yourself.
- Under pressure, when the shortcut is right there and nobody would know, name what you would be trading. Then pay for the long way instead.
What have I been selling cheap without ever naming the price?
The same truth in other traditions
Tao Te Ching 12
Too much to look at makes the eyes blind. Chasing after what the senses can count leaves the center of a person empty.
Stoicism · Epictetus
Everything has a price, and the price of some things is your own character. Keep track of what you are paying with, not just what you are getting.
Bhagavad Gita 2
Anyone moved only by reward has given something away without seeing it. The chasing itself is the loss, whatever the amount.
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