Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:25:
- Uma: “‘Disaster on you, you religious teachers and Parisi people! You are just good on the outside! You are like people who clean cups and plates only on the outside, but on the inside they are still dirty. Religious customs that are only visible on the outside you really follow. But in your hears you are greedy/gluttonous and desire other peoples’ things.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘You are to be pitied teachers of the religious law and Pariseo because God will punish you. You only pretend to follow God. You wash the cups and the plates but what is in it/them is unclean (ritually) because you got that food because of your deceiving and your greed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Pity you, teachers of the law and you Pharisees, because your faith in God is a lie. You carefully observe your own customs, but in your minds and in your breath there is greediness and wickedness. You are like a cup or a dish which is cleaned on the outside but is filthy on the inside.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Pitiful are you teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like a person who washes only the outside (lit. trunk/body) of a cup and the back of a plate, because you are showing good behavior/character to the people, but your mind/thoughts, it is full of greed and plans to cheat your fellows.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Really extremely hard is being reserved for you, you explainers of law and Pariseo who pretend to believe/obey God. You clean your cups and plates according to the law, but what you put into them is disgusting. For what you use to get that food of yours is wholly gotten-by-overcharging and keeping-more-than-one’s share.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Listen, you teachers of the law and Pharisees, how great is the suffering you will have, for it is not true that you are good people. Because just on the outside it appears that you are good people, yet in your hearts you are thieves and just what other people have is what you set your hearts on getting.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
