Neville Goddard on Mark 12:1-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 12 in context

Scripture Focus

1And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

2And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

3And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

4And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

5And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

6Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

7But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's.

8And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

9What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

10And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

11This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Mark 12:1-11

Biblical Context

A landowner entrusts a vineyard to tenant farmers, who beat and kill his servants, and finally kill his son. The owner will destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others; the stone the builders rejected becomes the head of the corner.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your parable is not about distant events but a map of consciousness. The vineyard is your present state of being, shielded by habit and belief; the tenants are the recurring thoughts that oppose your fruit. The servants are the messages life sends to awaken you; the son is your higher self—the I AM within you that you can finally recognize as owner, not employee. When the owner speaks of destroying the tenants and giving the vineyard to others, hear it as a decision of your inner authority: you claim dominion by identifying with the I AM and letting it govern what you allowed to grow. The line about the stone the builders rejected becoming the head of the corner is a reminder that what you once cast out can become your foundation when you cease resisting and begin feeling the reality of your own awakened power. Imagination, then, is the tool by which you revise the scene and establish a new vineyard.