Neville Goddard on Matthew 18:31-34 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

31So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

32Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

33Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

34And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

Matthew 18:31-34

Biblical Context

A servant is forgiven a large debt by his lord. When he refuses mercy to a fellow servant, the lord condemns him until repayment, exposing the justice of inner mercy.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the scene as a map of your inner life. The lord is your I AM, a sovereign awareness that forgives every debt you endure. The forgiven debt is the belief that you are lacking, a guilt you carry into your days. When you fail to extend mercy to another part of yourself—your 'fellow servant'—you separate consciousness and invite the tormentors of fear, until you admit the truth that grace is the natural state. The parable teaches that forgiveness is not a concession to another's fault but a renewal of relation within you: to forgive is to unite the scattered thoughts of yourself under one compassionate awareness. When you truly feel forgiven, you cannot withhold pardon from anyone else, for all are manifestations of the same I AM. By living from that inner mercy, your sense of justice shifts from punitive measurement to restorative harmony, and your outer world follows the inward alignment.

Practice This Now

Imaginative practice: Assume you have already forgiven a real grievance. Feel the release in your chest, then inwardly declare, I forgive you, and watch your surrounding life soften into mercy.