Neville Goddard on Matthew 20:1-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 20 in context

Scripture Focus

1For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

2And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

4And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

5Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.

6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

7They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

Matthew 20:1-7

Biblical Context

The parable shows a householder hiring laborers at dawn and again later, paying them all what is right. It points to the kingdom as open to all who answer the inner call, from early morning to the eleventh hour.

Neville's Inner Vision

The kingdom of heaven is not a distant reward but a state of consciousness you awaken. The householder is the I AM within you, the field of awareness that goes out at each hour to enlist fresh laborers, the moments when desire rises and you choose to identify with life as fullness. The pennies you agree upon are not coins but the rightness of your inner agreement, your decision that right now you are present, valued, and in partnership with the divine. Those standing idle in the marketplace are thoughts of lack, procrastination, or the old trance that I am not yet hired. When the master returns and says Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right that shall ye receive, he is telling you that every state of consciousness aligned with your higher self deserves its effect in experience. Pay attention to the feel of gratitude, the sense of being employed by life, and the equity of your inner decision. Your inner gardener does not withhold; the moment you assume you enact the right reward, the sense that your life is full and attended by grace.

Practice This Now

Practice: close your eyes and affirm I am hired now into the vineyard of my life; feel the rightness as mine here and now. If doubt arises, revise the scene by insisting that what is right is already given, and let gratitude fill your awareness.