complete verse (Matthew 10:21)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 10:21:

  • Uma: “‘The time will come, all people will hate you because of your following of Me. There will be people who will give their own relatives or children to be killed because of their following of Me. There will also be children who oppose their parents and kill them. But people who are faithful believing in Me until the end [lit., all], they will receive goodness/salvation in the future.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “‘In the future there will be people who hand their siblings over and command them to be killed. There will also be children whose fathers will hand them over to be killed. And the children will be the enemies of their parents and they will command their parents to be killed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “At that time there will be people who will cause their siblings to be killed. There will also be fathers who will cause their children to be killed. There will be people who will be against and will cause their parents to be killed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “‘At that time, there will be those who betray a brother to the rulers in order that they will kill them. The same with fathers who will betray their children to the rulers in order that they will kill them. The children also, they will oppose their fathers and mothers and have-them-killed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Really because of me, a brother who has believed will be caused to be killed by his brother who has no belief. Like that indeed will be done by a father to his own child. And a child will fight/go-against his parent who has believed. He won’t just fight/go-against him but will cause him to be killed too.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “Men who believe in me will be accused by their brothers who do not believe in me, that they will be killed. Fathers, when their children believe in me, will deliver up their children to be killed. Children, when their parents believe in me, will deliver up their parents to be killed.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)