Neville Goddard on Matthew 20:8-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 20 in context

Scripture Focus

8So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

9And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

10But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

Matthew 20:8-10

Biblical Context

Verse 8-10 portrays workers paid a penny from the last to the first; the deeper message is that inner grace values every state of consciousness equally. The parable invites you to reframe worth through consciousness, not hours.

Neville's Inner Vision

All the scenes in Matthew 20:8-10 are not about clocks and coins; they reveal the law of your inner state. The lord of the vineyard is your I AM—the awareness that distributes meaning to every event. The steward is your faculty of thought, calling forth every laborer from the last to the first, which means you must bring forth every fragment of your consciousness, even those you deem least worthy, into the light of present being. When those hired at the eleventh hour receive a penny, that penny stands for the realization that value is conferred by consciousness, not by hours worked. The first to arrive, who suppose they should receive more, represent stubborn expectations and judgments about fairness. Neville faith here teaches: there is one wage, paid by the I AM to every state of the being, equal in its incorporating power. Your job is to imagine, revise, and feel it real that you are already paid—grace now—so you may move through life free of envy, confident that divine distribution matches inner state.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume you are already paid by the I AM; sit in quiet, feel the penny in your chest as your equal worth, and revise any sense of deficiency until you know grace now.