He also showed his humility by ascribing to Jehovah all credit for his teaching, saying: “When once you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing of my own initiative; but just as the Father taught me I speak these things. ” ​ — John 8: 28.
यदि यीशु मसीह घमंडी होता तो शायद उसने शैतान का यह प्रस्ताव स्वीकार कर लिया होता कि उसकी एक बार उपासना करे और बदले में संसार के सारे राज्यों को प्राप्त कर ले ।