Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 10:38:
- Uma: “A person who becomes my follower can be compared to a person who carried-on-shoulder his cross and follows my footsteps, because he will definitely received suffering or maybe he will really be killed because of his following Me. So, whoever is not ready to get suffering like that, he is not worthy to become my follower.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If a person does not follow me and does not carry the beam/post for killing him, that means if he does not submit to endure persecution even unto death, he is not worthy/fit to become my disciple.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Whoever doesn’t disciple me and he doesn’t carry his cross, which is to say, he is afraid to obey my commands because they might be the death of him, he is not fitted to be called my disciple.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Whoever also does not carry-his cross -on-his-shoulder so that he will then go-with me, he is not worthy to be counted as my disciple.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And whoever won’t shoulder his cross and follow me, he really isn’t acceptable as one of my people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The person who does not want to follow me because he is afraid of being killed is the person who does not deserve to follow me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
