Neville Goddard on Matthew 21:33-46 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 21 in context

Scripture Focus

33Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

34And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

35And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

36Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.

37But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

38But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.

39And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

40When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

41They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

42Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

43Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

44And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

46But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

Matthew 21:33-46

Biblical Context

The parable portrays a vineyard owner whose tenants reject the owner's messengers and even his son; the rightful owner will take the kingdom from them and give it to others who bear fruit. The stone rejected by builders becomes a key foundation, signaling a shift in who bears the fruits of the kingdom and the basis of one’s life foundation.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this parable the lord of the vineyard is the I AM that you truly are. The vineyard is your inner state, hedged and prepared for fruit by your attention. The husbandmen are the stubborn beliefs and fears that refuse the light when the Son—your higher self, your living idea of sonship—appears. When the Son is embraced in your mind, you may feel the urge to push it away through doubt or neglect, but the kingdom cannot remain with those who kill the messenger; it shifts to those who bear the fruits of alignment with truth. The stone the builders rejected is the true foundation you resist until you surrender; then it becomes the head of the corner. This is not history but inner transformation. The kingdom of God is taken from a consciousness clinging to limitation and given to a state that bears fruit in its seasons—the assurance that I AM all of this in you. Fall on the stone by yielding to realization; the old self is ground to powder, and the new you arises, secure in your inheritance.

Practice This Now

Practice: In a quiet moment, declare 'I AM the owner of my inner vineyard, and its fruits are mine now.' Then imagine the garden blooming with abundant harvest, and feel the realization as if it already is true.