Charles Ellicott Commentary Matthew 10:35

"For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law:" — Matthew 10:35 (ASV)

The words are partly, as the marginal reference shows, an echo of Micah 7:6, but the selection of these specific relationships as typical examples suggests a personal application. Had Zebedee looked with displeasure on the calling of his two sons? Was there conflict between the daughter-in-law and the mother-in-law in Peter’s household? Were the Lord’s brothers, who did not yet believe, to be like the foes of a man’s own household?