Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:34:

• Uma: “Yesus taught all that crowd earlier using parables. There was nothing that he taught if not with parables.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Whenever Isa taught the crowds he only spoke in parables. He did not speak to them when it was not in parables.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “All of this, Jesus taught to the many people by means of parables. Everything that he taught to them was by means of a parable.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Parables were what Jesus was using in his teaching of all these things to the people. There was nothing that he taught them without relating a parable.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Wholly illustrations was what Jesus taught the people. There wasn’t anything he taught without using illustrations.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Thus Jesus spoke, seeking to make comparisons in what he said to the people. Whenever he spoke he always sought to make comparisons in the word he taught the people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)