Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:28:

• Uma: “So also you, as far as deeds on the outside that others can see, you are upright. But in your hearts you are deceivers and your character is evil.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Likewise also you, to the people you appear straight/righteous, but in your liver you are only lying and breaking the law.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You are like that, because when people look at you it is as though your activity is good, but in your breath is lying and lawbreaking.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “And likewise also your behavior/character is good in the sight of people, but the truth of it is you are hypocrites and everything stored in your mind/thoughts is evil.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “You are really like that. In the sight of people, your nature/ways are good. Whereas the truth is you are full completely of wickedness and there really is no truth to your belief/obeying.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “You are like that, on the outside it appears that it is good how you walk, but in your hearts nothing of the truth appears, only evil.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:29:

• Uma: “‘Disaster on you, you religious teachers and Parisi people! You are just good on the outside! You fix up so nicely the graves of the prophets and people who were upright long ago.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “‘You are to be pitied teachers of the religious law and Pariseo. You are just pretending to follow God. You make the graves of the prophets and the righteous/straight people nice to honor them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Pity you, teachers of the law and you Pharisees, because your faith in God is a lie. You decorate the stone houses where you buried the bodies of the righteous people and the inspired ones of God who died long ago.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘Pitiful are you teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! Because you fix-up very-nicely the tombs for the prophets from long-ago, and you also decorate the tombs of righteous people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Really extremely hard is being reserved for you, you explainers of law and Pariseo, who pretend to believe/obey God. Ornate memorials are what you build there where the prophets were buried and you fix-up-well the graves of people who lived straightly/righteously in the sight of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Listen, you teachers of the law and Pharisees, how great is the suffering you will have, for it is not true that you are good people. Concerning the spokesmen for God who were killed long ago, you make tombs for them. Also the dead people who did good you make ornamented stones to stand over where they were buried.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:30:

• Uma: “You are proud [lit., your hearts are high], you say: ‘If we (incl.) had lived contemporary with our (incl.) elders long ago, we (incl.) [emphatic] wouldn’t have gone along with them in killing the prophets.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “And you say, ‘If we had lived at the time of our ancestors we would not have joined in their doing killing the prophets.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And you say, ‘If we had only lived in the time of our ancestors who killed those inspired ones of God, we, by contrast, would not join in what they did.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “You say, ‘If we (excl.) had been there in the time of our (excl.) ancestors, we (excl.) would not have joined in their repeated-killing of the prophets.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “And you say, ‘If hopefully we (excl.) had been there in the time of our ancestors, we really wouldn’t have wronged these prophets by killing them.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “You say: ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have helped them kill the spokesmen for God,’ you say.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:31:

• Uma: “So, you do admit that you are the descendants of those who killed the prophets, and you certainly take after the character of those ancestors of yours. [implied in the Hebrew idiom "sons of…"]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “In those your words you confess that you are descendants of those who killed the prophets.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It really is true that you are the descendants of the people long ago who murdered the inspired ones of God for you are just like them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “But due to your saying that, you admit that you are descended from those who repeatedly-killed the prophets.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Through that which you said, you testify that as for you, you are children of those who kept on killing those prophets.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “But with this word you speak, you know well that you are the children of murderers, those who killed the spokesmen for God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:32:

• Uma: “So then, just go ahead and do the same kind of sins that your ancestors did!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Go ahead, finish off the work of your ancestors.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You’d better finish the bad doing that you ancestors didn’t finish.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Go-ahead then, continue to finish what your ancestors began!” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Go ahead! Complete the wickedness which was begun by your ancestors.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “What are you waiting for now? Go ahead and do just like your ancestors did long ago.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:33:

• Uma: “‘Hee, you deceivers! Hee, you whose deeds are crooked! Do you think you will escape from punishment in hell?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “You are really bad. You cannot hide from the judgment of being put in hell.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You are like snakes and children of snakes, because your activity is very bad. How will you ever avoid being punished in hell?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “You are too-much (expression of exasperation and rebuke), (you who are) like deceitful snakes! Will you indeed (sarc. RQ) escape God’s condemning you to be punished in hell?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “You are snakes. You really are deceivers like snakes. You won’t be able to get free from the punishment there in the fire which never dies down.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “You are like snakes who have poison. How can you escape from the punishment of hell?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:34:

• Uma: “Your ancestors killed many people whose behavior was upright, beginning with their killing Habel, a person whose behavior was upright long-ago, down-to [lit., arrive-arrive to] your killing Zakharia the child of Berekia, whom you killed in the yard of the House of God, between the house and the offering burning table [altar]. So, to you who live at this time, I will also send/order prophets, smart people and ones who will teach you my words. Some of them you will kill, some of they you will crucify, others you will beat in your houses of prayer, others you will chase to the villages they will flee to. In the end, you who live at this time will bear all the wrong/guilt of your elders who killed the upright people long ago.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “I tell you, I will send to you prophets and men of deep knowledge/wisdom and teachers. Some you will kill and some you will nail to the post. Some you will beat in your prayer-houses and follow them to the towns they are fleeing to.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because I tell you that I will send yet to you people inspired of God, and those whom God has given wisdom, and teachers. And you will kill some of them, and others you will nail to crosses, and others you will beat in your worshipping places, and you will pursue them to any place that they flee to.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Therefore I will send to you prophets and wise people and those who teach God’s word. You will kill some and nail others to the cross. Others yet, you will repeatedly-whip in your synagogues, and wherever they run-away to, you will chase them to hardship them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “For there will be prophets which I will send here to you and teachers who know the word of God. Some of them you will kill and others will be nailed to a cross. Others you will whip there in your worship-places and you will hound-them/search-them-out in whichever towns.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Now I will send prophets there where you live, I will send wise men, I will send teachers. Some of them you will kill, putting them on crosses. Some others you will hurt in the churches. Others you will persecute, and when they flee to go to other towns, you will go and hunt them out.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 23:35:

• Uma: “Your ancestors killed many people whose behavior was upright, beginning with their killing Habel, a person whose behavior was upright long-ago, down-to [lit., arrive-arrive to] your killing Zakharia the child of Berekia, whom you killed in the yard of the House of God, between the house and the offering burning table [altar]. So, to you who live at this time, I will also send/order prophets, smart people and ones who will teach you my words. Some of them you will kill, some of they you will crucify, others you will beat in your houses of prayer, others you will chase to the villages they will flee to. In the end, you who live at this time will bear all the wrong/guilt of your elders who killed the upright people long ago.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Therefore judgment will fall on you (lit. you will be hit by judgment) because of the killing of people who have no sin, beginning with Habil the son of Grandfather Adam up to Jakariya the son of Baraki whom you killed between the big prayer-house and the place-for-sacrifice.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because of this, you will be the ones punished for the murder of all the righteous who were murdered starting with the killing of Abel, the righteous one long ago, until the killing of the son of Barachiah, who was Zechariah, that you murdered in the space between the House of God and the altar of sacrifice.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Therefore you will be responsible for the deaths of all the righteous people on this earth beginning with when they killed Abel until when your ancestors killed Zekarias the child of Barakias in the area-between the altar and the Temple.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, because of this, the punishment will come to you for all these people who have been killed under the heavens who are straight/righteous in the sight of God, going from that righteous Abel who was the first to be killed long ago, right up to the killing of Zacarias who was the son of Baraquias, whom you Judio killed there between the house/building of the Templo and the altar in its like-a-yard.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Therefore there where you live, all the punishment will be sent to you which is for all the good people who have been killed, starting with the killing of the good Abel until the son of Barachiah, son of Zechariah who was killed between where the altar and the church were.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)