'Accepts' in the Bible

“He who receives and welcomes you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

He who receives and welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and he who receives a righteous (honorable) man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

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

Whoever receives and welcomes one child like this in My name receives Me;