2 Esdras 4:1-3

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Limitations of the Human Mind

4 Then the angel that had been sent to me, whose name was Uriel, answered^{(A) 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?”^{(B) 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.^(C)