The inmate is speaking as a demon.
Almost every line is a twist on a passage.
The carpenter. Jesus is called the carpenter in Mark 6:3, and the carpenter’s son in Matthew 13:55. The film never uses his name. That tracks the old idea that unclean spirits know who he is and flinch at it (Mark 1:24, James 2:19).
“We failed… the cross was our greatest mistake.” 1 Corinthians 2:8 says the rulers of this age would not have crucified the Lord of glory if they had understood it. Colossians 2:15 and Hebrews 2:14 treat the cross as the moment those powers were disarmed, not a defeat of God. The “cheat” line is the film’s gloss on that.
“Man still wants to be his own god.” That is Genesis 3:5, the first temptation: you will be like God. Isaiah 14:13–14 is the same pride turned upward: I will ascend, I will be like the Most High. “Deifying man and elevating my master” is that bargain restated.
The offer of the world. Matthew 4:8–10 and Luke 4:5–8. Satan shows Jesus the kingdoms and says they have been handed to him, to give if Jesus will worship him. Jesus does not argue the claim. He refuses: “You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only.” The clip is right that he turned the offer down. It overreaches when it says he conceded the kingdoms were Satan’s to give. Luke 4:6 is Satan’s line, not Jesus’s.
“Fall on your knees and worship.” Philippians 2:10–11 says every knee will bow. The film frames that as the price Jesus charges. The New Testament frames the cost as paid by him (Philippians 2:8, Ephesians 2:8–9), and the kneeling as recognition, not a fee.
“You’re no carpenter.” Hebrews 4:15: tempted as we are, without sin. The offer to James is the same shape as Eden and the wilderness.
The difference the demon is pressing is that James is not the one who already refused it.