Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:23:

• Noongar: “Life is greater than eating and drinking and the body is greater than clothes.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Because your lives are more than food and clothes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “For the life is more valuable than food and the body is more valuable than clothes.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “because God has given you breath and your body, which is very precious and it cannot be that he will not give you also food and clothing.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Because your lives are far-away more-valuable than food, and your bodies are also emphatically more-valuable than clothes.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “For isn’t it so that life is greater/more-important than food and the body also is greater/more-important than clothing? Well since life and body are indeed the gift of God to you, of course he will also give these which you need which are food and clothing.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)