Neville Goddard on Matthew 18:23-25 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 18 in context

Scripture Focus

23Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.

24And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

25But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

Matthew 18:23-25

Biblical Context

The parable shows the kingdom of heaven as a realm of reckoning and mercy. A servant owes a vast debt and cannot pay, yet mercy is extended, inviting reconciliation.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the story, the king represents the undivided I AM, the awareness that tallies what is held in mind. The servant's ten thousand talents are a symbol of the enormous sense of limitation or lack that the mind clings to. When the reckoning begins, the servant pleads, but the king's decree shifts with mercy, signaling that the moment you stop identifying with the loan (the belief in separation from your abundance), forgiveness becomes your natural state. The command to sell wife and children to pay is not a call to external punishment; it is the inner drama of the self that tries to settle upon its former identification. The essential truth is that forgiveness arises when you recognize that you are already the king—your awareness—and that you have the power to cancel the 'debt' by aligning with the truth of your unity. By feeling as the liberator, you abolish the record of lack and awaken the kingdom within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, breathe, and assume the king-state—'I AM the mercy that forgives.' Picture the debt dissolving and the servant walking free, and linger in that forgiving feeling.