If you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.

As for what was sown on the stony ground, this is the person who hears the word and accepts it joyfully at once,

"Not everyone can accept this saying," he replied, "except those to whom celibacy has been granted,

because some men are celibate from birth, while some are celibate because they have been made that way by others. Still others are celibate because they have made themselves that way for the sake of the kingdom from heaven. Let anyone accept this who can."