complete verse (Matthew 5:28)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 5:28:

  • Uma: “But I say: whoever looks at a woman and he has a heart desiring her, he commits adultery in his heart.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But I, I say: whoever looks at a woman and thinks bad, he has already committed adultery with that woman in his liver.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But my teaching is that a man who just looks at a woman and is sexually aroused, that man has already committed adultery against his wife.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But I say to you that the one who looks at a woman to crave her has already committed-adultery with her in his mind.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But now/today, I am the one saying to you that whoever stares at a woman with a motive in his mind, it’s like he has already acted-immorally.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “But I tell you that whoever looks at a woman and it comes to his heart that he wants to fornicate with her, it comes out that it is the same that he had truly fornicated with the woman he looked at.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
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