Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:16:

• Uma: “‘When fasting, don’t act-glum like the people who are just good on the outside. When they fast, they act-glum and purposely do not wash-their-faces or comb-their-hair, so that others see that they are fasting. Remember: because they have already received the praise of others/companions, they will no longer receive anything from God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “‘When you fast do not give the appearance of being sad like the people who pretend. For when they fast they do not wash (their faces) or comb so that the people see that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, when the people praise them, they are already rewarded and that is their reward.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when you abstain from eating because you are praying to God, don’t let it be known through the appearance of your face like the people who want other people to praise them. They wander around and they don’t wash their face and they don’t comb their hair so that people might know they are abstaining from eating. I tell you that they have already received people’s praise of them, and there is no, other reward which they will receive from God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then Jesus continued saying, ‘In your fasting (lit. restraining your hunger), don’t show that (you) are sad like the hypocrites. Because they like people to know that they are fasting, therefore they don’t wash-their -faces and comb-their -hair. This that I tell you is true: they have already gained their reward.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Something else also that I will say to you (pl.) is, when you are fasting, don’t make your face like you are grieving, as is the custom of the people who are pretending that they are obeying the will of God. For what they do is, they don’t fix-up their bodies, so that others will know that they are fasting. It’s really true that they have already received their reward.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “when you want to fast, do not go about looking sad like the people do who do not do what they are doing from the heart. These appear to be sad while they fast, wanting people to see what they are doing. But truly I tell you that in that people look well on what they are doing, that is all the wages they get.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)