Neville Goddard on Luke 14:16-24 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 14 in context

Scripture Focus

16Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

17And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

18And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

19And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

21So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

22And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

23And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

24For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

Luke 14:16-24

Biblical Context

The parable presents a host who prepares a great feast and invites many, but they make excuses. The invitation is then extended to the poor and forgotten, until the host's house is full, illustrating the inner awakening that invites all aspects of self into consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Luke 14:16-24 invites you to notice that the Great Supper is not a banquet in time, but a state of consciousness now prepared by the I AM within you. The man who gives the feast is your deeper self— the unbounded I AM—who calls your attention to abundance. The servants are your imaginative faculties, delivering the command, Come; for all things are now ready. The excuses are not lines in a history but mental positions: 'I must inspect my grounds,' 'I must test my oxen,' 'I have a wife.' These are last-ditch identifications with a fragmented self that refuse the present invitation. When the host says there is room and the poor, maimed, halt, and blind are brought in, you are shown that there is room in consciousness for every aspect you once ignored. The harsh verdict on those bidden who refused shows that any state clinging to separation cannot sit at the feast. Your task is to revise: assume the host's readiness, invite every neglected part of yourself, and feel that the house is already full because awareness is your dwelling.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the host's role. Silently decree, 'All things are now ready,' then revise one old excuse into an inner invitation and feel your inner room filling with abundance.