Or; Because the disciples could not heal him as being weak in faith, He said to them, “O faithless generation,” adding “perverse,” to shew that their perverseness had introduced evil beyond their nature. But I suppose, that because of the perverseness of the whole human race, as it were oppressed with their evil nature, He said, “How long shall I be with you?”
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