Neville Goddard on Mark 4:3-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 4 in context

Scripture Focus

3Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

4And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

5And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

6But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

8And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

Mark 4:3-8

Biblical Context

Jesus presents the parable of a sower whose seeds land on four soils. Only the good ground yields fruit, illustrating differing inner receptivity.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this parable, the seed is a living idea and the ground is your present state of consciousness. The sower goes forth sowing, unceasingly, and the outcome reveals what you have permitted to take root in your inner world. The way-side ground represents a hardened mind—beliefs not entertained, a refusal to trust—so the seed is gobbled by habit. The stony ground indicates faith without depth; quick growth, then sun scorches because there is no true root of feeling. The thorns are your cares and attachments that crowd out truth, choking the sprout before it bears fruit. The good ground receives the word with depth, nourishes it by sustained feeling, and yields fruit: some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred. This is revelation not of external weather, but of inner weather: your state of consciousness determines what grows. The Kingdom of God is within, a field made fertile by imagination, belief, and the feeling of the wish fulfilled. When you assume the end in mind and dwell there in imagination, you awaken the ground to fruitfulness.

Practice This Now

Practice: Close your eyes, assume the state you desire as already real; feel the ground beneath you as receptive; revise any doubt by silently declaring, 'I now know this is true; my life yields fruit according to my belief.' Do it for a minute, feeling the ending now.