Matthew 10:35

For. come to set. man at variance with his father.

This was not the Savior's object, but the effect. The conversion of individual members of the family would cause variance. In nearly all quarrels, except those about religion, the members of the same families stand together, but in religious feuds the family circle is often broken and its parts arrayed against each other. When. man abandons the religion of his ancestors, his own kindred feel more keenly than others the shame which the world attaches to the act, and are exasperated against the supposed apostate in. degree proportionate to their nearness to him. Jesus came to set. man thus at variance with his kindred, because this evil is unavoidable in saving some.-- McGarvey.