Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:12:

• Uma: “People who receive the Word of God, their hearts will be made-clear so that they know more and more of the Word of God. But people who do not want to receive the Word of God, even if there is a little that they do know, it will be taken from them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “For a person, if he listens well, he will understand more. But if a person does not listen well, even if he understands a little, it will finally leave him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because the person who has believed and has understanding, God will give to him more so that his understanding will be right. But he who doesn’t believe, God will take away from him the little that he understands.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Because the person who heeds what he is hearing, his understanding will be added-to until he understands much, but the one who doesn’t heed-it, even the little he thought he understood will disappear.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “The one who believes/obeys what he has learned from me, his wisdom/understanding will be increased by God until he knows a lot/enough. But the one who doesn’t acknowledge-as-true this which he has heard, God will remove even what he has understood so it doesn’t come to anything.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “The person who understands about the word will be helped by God to know even more. But the person who pays no attention to the word I speak, the little bit that he does know will be taken from him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)