2 Esdras 4:1-3

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

Limitations of the Human Mind

4 Then the angel that had been sent to me, whose name was Uriel, answered ² and said to me, ‘Your understanding has utterly failed regarding this world, and do you think you can comprehend the way of the Most High?’ ³ Then I said, ‘Yes, my lord.’ And he replied to me, ‘I have been sent to show you three ways, and to put before you three problems.