For some are born incapable of marriage, and some have been made so by men, and some have made themselves so for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let him accept it who can."

Do not accept gold or silver or even copper money for your purse,

and if you are willing to accept it, John himself is the Elijah who was to come.

And what was sown upon the thin rocky soil illustrates the man who hears the message and bubbling over with joy at once accepts it,