A Boy's Foes At School
T. Arnold, D. D. Matthew 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother… When a boy first comes from home, full of the natural desire of doing his duty, of improving himself, of getting on well, he is presently beset by the ridicule of all the worthless and foolish boys around him, who want to sink him to their own level. How completely true it is that his foes are they of his own household — that is, they who are most immediately about him, those of his own age, and his own place in the school. They become his idol; before their most foolish, most low, and most wicked voices. he gives up his affections, his understanding, and his conscience; from this mass of ignorance, and falsehood, and selfishness, he looks for the guide of his opinions and his conduct. (T. Arnold, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: For I am come 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. WEB: For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.