Here, Jesus was speaking of what may be the position of every believer, now that the Holy Spirit has been given. At that time, He was speaking of it in the future tense; He knew that everybody who received what He was waiting to give would be the people who were ready for the power when it came. The background to this Scripture passage is that the crowds had been to Jerusalem to worship and were returning dry and barren and needing blessing. Beloved, I believe that God has a great