Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 11:40:
- Noongar: “You stupid people! God makes the outside part. God also makes the inside part, doesn’t he?” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “You are very foolish! Was it only our bodies that the Lord created? Did he not also create our hearts?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “You are foolish. Don’t you know that God did not just create what is seen on the outside but he also created the inside which is not seen?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “God who created the outside of your body created also your breath and your mind, and it’s necessary that your breath and your mind is clean, just like the outside of your body.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You foolish-ones! God who made our bodies, he also of course made our minds, isn’t that so?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “You must be simple/stupid, for isn’t it so that the one who made your body is the same as who made the mind/inner-being? Of course he wants all to be clean.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
