Neville Goddard on Mark 12:1-8 - 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.

Mark 12:1-8

Biblical Context

Jesus tells of a vineyard owner who sends servants to collect its fruit. The tenants beat the servants and kill the son, foreshadowing judgment and the inheritance being given to others.

Neville's Inner Vision

The vineyard is your mind, perfectly hedged and towered, a field you own by awareness. The husbandmen are the habits of fear and lack that keep returning to you, demanding renewals of old fruit. When the owner sends his servants, he represents the recurring impressions that come to you from life—images, events, even people—that seek the fruit of your awareness. And when they beat or kill those servants, it reveals how you have allowed past beliefs to wound your present imagination. Finally, sending the son—the wellbeloved—speaks to your higher self, the I AM within, expecting reverence for its presence. If you do not honor the Son with your attention, the inheritance remains withheld; the tenants who say, 'This is the heir' symbolize the ego clinging to form and denying the truth of your I AM. Yet the owner's coming return is the turning back of your focus to the divine idea within. The moment you reverence your Son, you reclaim the field and claim your fruit.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In a quiet moment, revise your state by saying, 'I am the owner of the Son in my vineyard.' Feel the reverence and let the sense of ownership and its fruit arise as real in you.