Neville Goddard on Mark 12:1-5 - 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.

Mark 12:1-5

Biblical Context

Mark 12:1-5 presents a landowner whose vineyard is managed by stubborn tenants who reject the messengers. The parable shows inner resistance to divine invitations and emphasizes accountability and the possibility of aligning the mind with the I AM to bear fruit.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the parable the vineyard is your inner kingdom, planted by the I AM within you. The hedge, winefat, and tower symbolize the disciplined order you set in mind to protect and cultivate life. When the owner goes to a far country, it represents stepping beyond the ordinary sense of separateness so the true voice can awaken. The servants are the inward messages and inspirations that come to claim the fruit of your life; the thoughts, feelings, and choices that align with your divine nature. To beat, wound, or kill these servants is to resist consciousness and deny your royalty; yet the pattern continues, inviting ever more messengers. The message is that you are the I AM, not the fearful ego. When you choose to welcome every messenger as a brother calling you to awaken, you revise your self-image and harvest the fruit of a kingdom that has always existed within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit in quiet and declare, 'I am the I AM, owner of my inner vineyard.' Visualize the hedge, winefat, and tower; invite a divine messenger and feel the fruit blooming in your hands.