Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 21:5:

• Noongar: “Jesus’ disciples were talking of the Temple, how beautifully it stood. They were looking at its very beautiful stones and many other things people had given to God. Jesus said,” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “At that time, there were people who said to Yesus: ‘This House of God is very good, because it was built with beautiful stones and decorated with goods that were offered to the Lord God.’ That is why Yesus said:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “There were some of his disciples who spoke about the temple. They said that the stones used in making the temple were nice (lit. causing happiness) and also the different kinds of decoration given by the people were nice, they said. When Isa heard what they said, he said,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “One of the companions of Jesus said to him that ‘that church, the house of God, was very beautiful because it was decorated with stones and very nice and very expensive were all the things that people had offered there to God.’ And then Jesus spoke,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Some among his disciples, they were talking about the beauty of the Temple, because it was made of lovely stones and decorated with other beautiful things that had been offered to God. Then Jesus said,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Some of the disciples were discussing the Templo, the far from ordinary smoothed stones which had been used and the things which caused-it-to-be-ornate which had been freely-given by people to God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)