Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:3:

• Uma: “For all the Yahudi people are very strict in following the customs of their elders, especially those who follow the teaching of the Parisi people. They don’t eat until they have washed their hands according to custom.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “The custom of the Pariseo and all the Yahudi is that they do not eat if they have not first been able to wash their hands following the teaching of their forefathers.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For the Jews, especially the Pharisees, they do not eat if they cannot wash their hands for that was the custom handed down by he old folks long ago.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Because the Pharisees and likewise also the other Jews, they follow the custom inherited from their ancestors that they do not eat if they haven’t washed their hands correctly first.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “For as for the Judio, especially the Pariseo, they wouldn’t eat if they hadn’t washed their hands according to their customs handed-down from their ancestors.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:4:

• Uma: “When they return from their walk in the village, they bathe first according to custom before they handle food. And they follow strictly many other customs that they have received from their elders, such as customs of washing cups, puts and stuff made of bronze.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “When they arrive from the market, they do not eat if they have not first washed like that. And they follow many more other teachings like washing cups, pots and kettles.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when they come home from the market, they first sprinkle water on their bodies, and then they eat. There are many other doctrines that they are accustomed to, like washing drinking vessels, cooking pots, and brass plates.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “If moreover they have-come-from the market, they do not eat unless they have first sprinkled their bodies/themselves with water. There are many other customs that they inherited from their ancestors such as the way they wash cups, kettles and copper pots.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Also they don’t just go ahead and eat when coming from the traders without first washing their hands like that, for maybe they had happened to touch/brush-against what would cause them to be regarded as disgusting in the sight of God. And there were many more customs which they had inherited which also had to be obeyed, like how to wash cups, jugs and pots.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:5:

• Uma: “That’s why the Parisi people with the religion teachers denounced Yesus, they said: ‘Why are your (sing.) disciples not following the customs of our elders? They eat, [but] they haven’t washed-hands first.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Therefore the Pariseo and the teachers of the religious law asked Isa, they said, ‘Why do your disciples not follow the teachings of our (incl.) forefathers? Why do they eat even though they have not washed their hands causing-them-to-be-clean?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because of this those Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, they said, ‘Why have your disciples abandoned the doctrines handed down by our ancestors because why is it that they up and eat without washing?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Therefore those Pharisees and teachers of the law, they inquired of Jesus, ‘Why don’t your (sing.) disciples follow the customs we inherited from our ancestors? There they are eating and they did not first follow the right way to wash-hands.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “That’s why Jesus was questioned by the Pariseo and explainers of law. ‘Why,’ they said, ‘don’t those disciples of yours obey our (incl.) inherited customs? They ate without first washing their hands according to what we (incl.) have inherited.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:6:

• Uma: “Yesus said: ‘You, your following of God is just on the outside! How true the words that the prophet Yesaya wrote long ago that foretell you, like this their sound: God said: ‘Those people honor me just with their lips, their hearts are far from me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Isa answered, he said, ‘You are pretending to follow God but you are not. The word of God is really true which Nabi Isaya wrote about you. There God says, ‘These people honor (lit. make great) me with their mouth, but their livers do not follow/obey me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, he said, ‘You whose faith in God is just deceit, very true is the word of God written by the ancient prophet Isaiah. He prophesied about you for he said, ‘These people,’ says God, ‘they say that they respect me. But there is no faith that has come into their breaths.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jesus answered and said, ‘This that God said that Isaias prophesied about you is true which says, ‘These people, they are praising/honoring me with their words, but their mind/thoughts are far from me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied, ‘Really true is what was told by Isaias, that prophet of the past concerning you. You are only pretending to believe-in/obey God, like what he wrote which is the word of God, saying, ‘As for the serving and worshipping of me by these people, it’s only superficial (lit. on their beaks), their having no true holding-dear of me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:7:

• Uma: “There is no use of their worshipping me, for their teaching is just the teaching of mankind, not the teaching that is from me.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “There is no use in their worshiping me, because their teachings are just made by men but they say it is from me,’ says God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It is no use for them to worship me because they teach as my commandments the things that they alone tell people to do.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “There is no use in their praising/honoring me, because what they teach that are just commandments of people, they say that they are my commandments.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Their worshipping of me is really worthless. For what was commanded by man only is regarded now by them as the law of God, they say.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:8:

• Uma: “So, the commands of God you are lax about, but how strongly you hold to the customs of mankind.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “‘You have turned your back on/rejected the commands of God,’ said Isa, ‘and that is what you follow, the teachings of men.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The law of God,’ says Jesus, ‘you have abandoned, and the things that you follow are the handed down customs just made by people.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “And truly you are doing what Isaias wrote, because you have-been-ignoring the law of God in order to follow the customs of people.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “It’s true that you are now dropping/giving-up the laws of God, for that’s what you have set up which are being obeyed, these handed down teachings of yours which are only the counsel/decisions of man.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 7:10:

• Uma: “In the Law of Musa is written like this: ‘We must honor our father and mother.’ And ‘the one who curses his father or mother must be killed.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “For God spoke hep in the law which he gave to Musa for the people, he said, ‘Honor your mother-father.’ And, ‘Whoever speaks bad of/to his mother or father, he should be killed.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The word of God which Moses commanded you long ago says, ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ He also commanded, ‘he who speaks evil to his father or mother must be killed.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Because what God had-Moses -write, it says, ‘Honor your (sing.) father and your (sing.) mother,’ and ‘If someone speaks-evil-of his father or his mother, it-is-necessary that he die.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “For like it is said in this law of God which was written by Moises, ‘Honor your (sing.) father and your mother,’ and ‘Whoever will speak evil to his father or mother, or speak-evil-behind-their-backs, what’s fitting for him is to be killed.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)