Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:12:

• Uma: “The people who make-high their hearts, the Lord God will lower them. And the people who make-low their hearts, the Lord God will make them high.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Whoever makes himself great will be put down/humbled, and whoever puts himself down will be made great.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And he who makes himself great, God will make him lower than all. And he who considers that any one of you is greater than he, God will make him to be greater than any one of you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “The one who makes himself high/great, he will be put-low, but the one who humbles himself, he will be made-great.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “For the one who exalts himself, he will be made low by God. And as for the humble, he will be made important.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Because the person who tries to make himself go higher is the one who will go to the ground. But the person who says in his heart that he will put himself down to the ground, that is the person who will go high.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)