Neville Goddard on Mark 4:3-9 - 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.

9And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Mark 4:3-9

Biblical Context

The parable shows a sower scattering seeds; seeds land on different soils—path, rocky ground, thorns, or good soil—only the good soil bears fruit; state of mind determines outcomes.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inner consciousness is the soil; the Sower is the I AM within you; the seed is any truth or desire you entertain. When you listen with a hardened mind—the way side—you let doubts be eaten by fowls of fear and your seed remains unread. When seeds sprout on rocky ground you witness quick growth, yet without depth the plant cannot anchor; your beliefs rise with color but lack root because you have not yet affirmed them as present. Among thorns—cares, noise, and competing desires—growth is strangled, and the seed yields no fruit. But when your ground is cultivated as good soil, truth takes root and blossoms into fruit—thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold—proportions reflecting your fidelity to the inner practice. The whisper, 'He that hath ears to hear, let him hear,' invites you to examine your own states of consciousness. The Kingdom is within, and you sow and reap with every thought. By choosing a seed and tending your mind, you awaken to the harvest already prepared by your I AM.

Practice This Now

Choose a single outcome you desire, revise the opposite belief, and feel the truth as present in your body. Sit with that feeling a moment, letting your mind water it until your inner soil becomes fertile.