Matthew 11

Matthew 11:23

""And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day."
Was Jesus unfair to curse entire villages for rejecting His message?

Critics often object to the reputed unfairness of such judgments upon "babies, the elderly, deaf," etc. in the villages who would not have a chance to hear the message. However, this is merely language of collective representation, which does not at all mean there are not potential exceptions; here Jesus is speaking in the normal mode of the day, on which "all or nothing" language was the norm.