Neville Goddard on Matthew 25:44-45 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 25 in context

Scripture Focus

44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

Matthew 25:44-45

Biblical Context

Matthew 25:44-45 presents judgment as inward: when you fail to help the hungry, thirsty, stranger, naked, sick, or imprisoned, you fail to minister to the Lord within. The 'least of these' signifies neglected inner states seeking awareness.

Neville's Inner Vision

If you listen with the I AM, the hungry, thirsty, and imprisoned are not external crowds but states of consciousness you occupy. The 'Lord' asks: where did you fail to feed, to clothe, to comfort? It is not a report card about others; it is a mirror of your own inner patterns. When you neglect mercy, you neglect the embodiment of your own awareness. The least of these are the little fears, doubts, and neglected desires that cry for attention. To minister unto them is to reorient your inner life: feed belief with nourishment of attention, clothe fear with faith, visit loneliness with communion of imagination, and release it with compassionate action in thought and deed. The I AM sees you as already complete; to minister is to align your inner acts with that reality. Your reality shifts when you imagine yourself serving the inner need, for imagination is the creator; you become the very state you attend to. So the judgment becomes a gentle invitation to revise your assumption about who you are and what you are capable of giving.