Jesus threw proper etiquette and political correctness to the wind with His unpopular denunciation: “You will go down to hell!” (Matthew 11.23a).
Nothing about the text implies a softness in voice or manner as He passed decisive judgment on the “people of Capernaum.” Jesus loved the people of this small town on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. Clearly our Lord was worried for their eternal future and delivered His indictment with grave concern over the fate of the people He cared for.
