Neville Goddard on Matthew 20:5-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 20 in context

Scripture Focus

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 20:5-7

Biblical Context

Laborers hired at different hours are called to work and paid what is right. The parable shows grace arriving to those who seemed idle, revealing the Kingdom as inner opportunity.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the vineyard as your inner state, the hours as degrees of awareness, and the Master as your I AM—the unwavering consciousness that calls you into labor. The idle workers are not lazy souls; they are faculties awaiting alignment with truth. When the sixth, ninth, and eleventh hours arrive, the Master goes out not to chastise but to awaken: go ye also into the vineyard. The assurance 'whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive' points to a law of consciousness: you receive in proportion to the perfect alignment of your being, not to the clock. If you have felt idle, treat that as a thought about yourself—omit it. Assume you are already employed by the Kingdom within, already working with purpose, already paid by a grace that is your true nature. The grace extended to the latecomer is your own unfading worth, seen by inner sight. When you genuinely accept this, your outward world mirrors the inner compensation you have dared to claim.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, assume you are already employed by the inner Master in your own vineyard, and feel the rightness of what you now receive as if it were yours. Let the feeling of gratitude rise until it sits in your chest as real.