"O unbelieving and perverse generation,"
Jesus replied,
"how long shall I staywith you and put up with you?"
Luke 9:41 (NIV)
per-verse
(pr-vurs, purvurs)1. Directed away from what is right or good;
2. Obstinately persisting in an error or a fault;
wrongly self-willed or stubborn.
3. Marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict.