Neville Goddard on Matthew 25:34-40 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 25 in context

Scripture Focus

34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Matthew 25:34-40

Biblical Context

These verses bind mercy to inheritance of the kingdom, tying acts of care—feeding, sheltering, clothing, visiting—to a right relationship with the ‘least.’ The text implies that serving others is serving the King within you.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this Gospel scene, the hungry, the naked, the stranger, the sick, and the imprisoned are not separate persons wandering in time; they are states of consciousness you entertain within your own mind. The King on the right hand represents the I AM that you are, the awareness that must recognize itself as the substance of all your experiences. The kingdom prepared from the foundation of the world is not a distant realm to be earned, but a state you awaken to by treating any 'brethren' as yourself. When you feed a hungry thought, you feed your sense of lack; when you clothe a cold feeling, you clothe the self with warmth and dignity; when you visit the sick thought, you heal it with compassionate attention. To say, 'inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me,' is an inner law: the moment you extend mercy inwardly, you acknowledge your own completeness. Judgment here is recognition—awakening to the truth that the kingdom is already within you, awaiting your conscious alignment.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: pick a person and mentally serve them; feel the gratitude and wholeness as if the act were already completed; rest in the knowing 'I am the I AM' and the kingdom is yours.