Neville Goddard on Matthew 13:3-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 13 in context

Scripture Focus

3And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

4And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

5Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

8But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

Matthew 13:3-8

Biblical Context

Jesus tells a parable about a sower and seeds landing on different soils. Only the seed that falls on good ground yields fruit, while paths, rocks, and thorns hinder growth.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this parable, the seed is your belief planted by attention and imagination. The soils are the states of your consciousness: the by the roadside represents a mind closed to impression, where seeds are snatched away by fear and thought. The stony ground stands for enthusiasm without depth, where new ideas rise quickly but lack the inner root of feeling, so they fade when sun of trouble comes. The thorns symbolize cares, ambitions, and desires that crowd out truth and choke the life of the seed. The good ground is the disciplined inner atmosphere where a truth settled into feeling and identified with I AM consciousness can take root and grow, producing fruit according to your belief—hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold. The mystery is that the harvest is always the result of your inner weather; you are both sower and soil. When you acknowledge that God, the I AM, is your awareness, you can revise instantly, choosing a more favorable soil and planting a seed that feels true now. The moment you accept it as real, the fruit begins to appear in your life.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the seed you desire is already rooted in your consciousness; feel the harvest as present reality and revise any conflicting thought until it dissolves.