Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 8:22:
- Uma: “Yesus answered him with this figure-of-speech: ‘Follow me! Let the dead people bury their fellow dead people.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But Isa said to him, ‘Let the dead ones be buried by those who don’t have eternal life.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘Not so,’ said Jesus. ‘The one who will bury the dead is the one who has not yet received eternal life. But as for you, you accompany me.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Let-him-be,’ said Jesus, ‘so your (sing.) father’s companions who are as if they have died will be the ones to go bury him. But as for you (sing.), you (sing.) become my disciple.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But Jesus replied, ‘It would be good if you just come with me now. You leave the dead to be buried by others who are as if dead too because they don’t want to believe-in/obey me.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But Jesus said to him: ‘Let us go together anyway. Those people who can be said to have died in that they do not know God are the ones who can bury their fellow-dead persons.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
