2 Esdras 4:2-4

Revised Standard Version

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. ⁴ If you can solve one of them for me, I also will show you the way you desire to see, and will teach you why the heart is evil.”