Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 12:7:

• Uma: “For I am the Child of Mankind who was sent by God. I have power/authority to say what may/can be done on the day of worship. ‘In the Holy Book, God says like this: ‘I do not request livestock that you offer to me. What I request, [is that] you love others.’ So, if you had known the meaning of those words, you would not have criticized those who are not wrong.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “There is a writing in the holy-book, it says, ‘Sacrifices are not valuable/important to me but that is what I want, that you have pity/mercy on your companions.’ If you really understand the meaning of this, you will not fell judgment on a person who has no sin.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said also, ‘If your understanding of this had been correct, you would not have criticized those who had no sin.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “There is that which God caused-to-be-written that says, ‘Your pitying your companions is more valuable to me than your sacrificing animals to me.’ If you had understood what this means, you would not have blamed the one(s) with no sin.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “For hopefully you wouldn’t have passed judgment on those who had no sin if only you knew the meaning of this utterance of God which says, ‘I want you (pl.) to be merciful/generous. As long as you are not merciful/generous, I don’t want your sacrifices with which you ask for forgiveness.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Yet you do not understand the word written in the Holy Book which says: ‘I want that you have pity, because greater is the value of this than of the sacrifices you make,’ it says. For if you had pity, then you wouldn’t say that people who do nothing wrong have sin.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 12:39:

• Uma: “Yesus said: ‘No kidding the evil of all of you there! You always circumvent/wander-from God! You ask that I show you miracles. But no miracle will be shown to you. The only thing that will be shown to you will be a sign like what happened to the prophet Yunus long ago.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “But he answered them he said, ‘You people living today you are bad and you are not following God. You are asking for a sign, surprise. But you will be shown no sign except only the sign of Nabi Yunus of old.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘You people today, your customs are very bad. Love for God is no longer in your breaths. Why do you want to see a sign? The only sign that will be shown to you is like the sign which was performed long ago on the prophet Jonah.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘Oh you (expression of rebuke/frustration)!’ said Jesus answering. ‘The people now are very-bad, because they have turned-their -backs-on the true God. They insist that I show them an amazing sign, but nothing will-be-shown except (lit. if not) only the sign that is like what happened to Jonas the prophet back-before.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied saying, ‘As for all of you, your nature/ways are evil. You are like a married woman who is habitually-immoral who doesn’t have any concern for her marriage, for like that is what you are doing to God. You say you are asking for a sign, but nothing will be shown to you except that sign which was illustrated by what was experienced by the prophet of long ago who was Jonas.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “When Jesus answered, he said: ‘Concerning the people who live at this time, they have sins and do not know God, but first they must ask for miracles before they believe in me. Yet I will not do any miracle for people to see. What will take the place of a sign for the people is what happened to the prophet Jonah.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:21:

• Uma: “But their faith is not strong, that is why they do not last long. If they are persecuted/bothered or things are made difficult for them because of their faith in the Good News, they [right away] retreat/back-slide.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “But the message of God does not grow deep roots in their livers. Therefore they do not remain long. When trouble comes or when they are persecuted because they follow the message, they no longer believe.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But their faith was not drawn tight, and it is not long before trouble comes to them or tribulation because of their receiving the word of God, and they return to their former custom.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “But the word didn’t take-root in their minds, therefore when difficulties arrive or they are hardshipped due-to their having-received the word of God, they do not continue to believe but rather they immediately turn-their-backs-on their faith.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “But they don’t store it well in their heads. That’s why they don’t hold fast in their believing/obeying, like plants which don’t have roots. When hardship comes or they will be caused to suffer because of this believing/obeying of theirs of the word of God, they will drop/give-up at once.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “These are the people who do not grab the word well. It takes very little for them to separate from the word. When they are persecuted for the word which they believe, then their hearts turn back.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)