Neville Goddard on Luke 20:9-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 20 in context

Scripture Focus

9Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

10And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

11And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

12And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.

Luke 20:9-12

Biblical Context

In Luke 20:9-12 a landowner sends servants to collect fruit from tenants; the tenants beat each envoy and send him away. The pattern shows resistance to divine messages coming to awaken conscience.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM within, the man is the living consciousness in you, the vineyard your awareness, and the husbandmen the stubborn beliefs that claim control. The servants are the inner messengers—conscience, inspiration, and prophetic impulse—sent to claim the fruit of your true nature. When you resist, beating or wounding these messengers, you keep the soil sterile and deny the harvest of your awakening. The season and the distant country symbolize opportunities to bring forth ever-new fruit, but only when you surrender the old guards and let truth govern your mind. This parable is a call to covenant loyalty: acknowledge the inner sender as your own I AM, align with its demand, and your life begins to yield the fruit of peace, clarity, and creative power. The message is not external judgment but an invitation to revise your state until the inner truth is the ruling assumption.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, place your hand on your heart, and repeat inwardly, 'I am the I AM; I receive your message; I yield to your fruit now.' Allow that felt sense of receptivity to replace fear with confident expectancy.