Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:8:
- Uma: “God says: ‘Those people just honor me in their lips, their hearts are far from Me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘These people, they honor me with their mouths but in their liver they do not follow me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘These people, says God, they say that they respect me, but there is no belief that has entered into their breath.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘These people, they worship me with their words, but their thoughts/minds are far from me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “‘The serving and worshipping of me by these people is only superficial (lit. on the beak), there being no truth to their holding dear of me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “‘These people, when they speak, really seem to respect me. But it is not true that with their hearts they worship me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
