Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 5:47:

• Uma: “If our (incl.) heart is good [kind] only to our (incl.) friends, what is special [lit., what is the excess] about that behavior of ours? Even people who do not know God, their behavior is also like that.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “If you pay attention only to your friends, na, you are not doing anything better than the others. Even the people who do not know God have customs like that.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if you only take notice of your friends, why should you be praised for that? You shouldn’t, because even the people who don’t worship God, they do that.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “And if only your friends are the ones you converse-with, what do-you-suppose is your advantage? Even those who don’t know God, they are doing that.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “And if the only ones you are-friendly-toward are those who behave-properly-toward you, well what have you done which is more than others? For this is also being done even by those who aren’t God’s people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “If it is your friends you greet, what good thing are you doing then? Because that is also what is done by the people who do not know God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:1:

• Uma: “‘Be careful, let’s not do the customs of religion in the eyes of the people just to be seen by others. If our (incl.) behavior is like that, we will not be blessed by God, our (incl.) Father who is in heaven.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “‘Be careful, do not do good simply in order for people to see you. For if you do this just to be seen by people you will have no reward from God, your Father in heaven.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “It’s necessary that the reason that you go to worship God is not so that you might be praised by people. For if this is what you do, you will not be rewarded in the future by God who is in heaven.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jesus continued to teach and said, ‘See-to-it that if/when you do something-good, don’t do it in the sight of people so that they will honor/praise you. Because if that’s what you do, there will be no reward that our Father in heaven will give to you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Jesus continued that teaching of his, saying, ‘You (pl.) must be careful that you don’t just cause-to-be-seen when you do good. For as long as you are doing like that, it’s certain there’s no reward you will receive from your Father who is in heaven.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Concerning all the good you must do, do not want that you do it only where there are a lot of people to see you doing what is good. When you thus elevate yourself doing good in front of the people, then your Father who is in heaven will not give you any wages.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:2:

• Uma: “So, if we (incl.) give money to poor people, don’t continually say it around, like is the custom of people who are just good on the outside. They cause-to-be-seen the goodness of their hearts in the houses of prayer or on the main-roads so that others praise them. Truly I tell you: there will be nothing that they receive from God, because they have already received the praise of others.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Therefore when you give to the poor people do not make it known like the people who give in the prayer-house and on the roads in order to be praised by the other people. Truly I tell you, if people praise them they are already rewarded and that is their reward.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And if you have something to give to a poor person, it’s necessary that the reason you do that is not so that you will be praised by people. For that is the activity of people whose faith if false. They do that in the worshipping places and on the streets so that they might be praised by people. Don’t you forget that because they have already received people’s praise of them there is nothing that they will receive from God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘Therefore if/when you give help to the poor, don’t show-it and talk-loudly-about-it like what the hypocrites (lit. pretend good-ones) are doing in the church and road so that people will praise them. This that I tell you is true: they already have gained their reward.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Therefore, when you (sing.) give aid to whoever is in need, don’t make a noise about it like what is done by those who are pretending that they are obeying the will of God. They do like this when they are in the worship-place and there on the streets so that they will be spoken well of by people. I tell you (pl.), they have already received their reward in that praising. There’s no other reward for them to hope-for/expect.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Therefore when you help the people who are poor, do not want it be known by people. Because that is what is done by some people in the church and on the streets, who only want to elevate themselves by having people see the good they do. But truly I tell you, that people like that, in that people look well on what they do, that is all the wages they get.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:3:

• Uma: “So, when we (incl.) give, we (incl.) should offer our (incl.) gift quietly, don’t tell it around.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “But you, when you give to the poor people do not tell it even to your best friend” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for you, if you have anything to help the poor, it must be that not even your companions know about it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “If therefore you give something to the poor, don’t even make it known to your most-esteemed friend” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “What is good when you (sing.) give your aid is that you don’t even inform your best friend,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “But you, when you help the poor people, do not then tell even your best friends what you have done.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:4:

• Uma: “It is better that not one person know of our (incl.) deed. Only our (incl.) Father in heaven knows. He sees our (incl.) character that others do not know, and he will reward us (incl.).” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “so that your giving is not known. Your Father in heaven knows what you do even if it is hidden and he will reward you.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Don’t let people know about your giving help to the poor, and our Father who is in heaven, he alone will see it and he also will be the one to reward you.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “so that no one will know. And our Father who sees what you do that is not known will be the one to reward you.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “so that this giving of yours is really secret/hidden. For it’s certain that you will be rewarded by your Father who is in heaven, who can see even this secret doing of yours.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “When you give help, do it secretly. Your Father who is in heaven sees what you do, it is he who will pay you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:5:

• Uma: “‘When praying, let’s not be like a person who is good on just the outside. Their desire/preference is to pray standing up in the house of prayer or at the intersection of roads so that they are seen by others. So, since they have already received praise from others, truly I tell you: they will not receive anything from God.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “‘When you (pl.) pray to God do not be like the people who pretend. For they like to pray to God in the prayer-house and at the road-side in order to be seen by people. I tell you when people praise them they are already rewarded and that is their reward.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when you pray, don’t imitate those people whose faith if false. They like that they will be able to stand up praying in the worshipping places and on the streets so that people might see them. I tell you that they have already received people’s praise of them, and there is no other reward that they will receive which comes from God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jesus also said, ‘When you pray, you shouldn’t follow-the-example of the hypocrites, because they like to go and stand praying in the church and on the street corner so that people will see them. This that I tell you is true: they have already gained their reward.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “‘Like that too when you (pl.) pray, don’t do the same as those who are pretending that they are obeying the will of God. For what they like best is to stand praying in their worship-place and at the crossings/forks in roads, so that they can be seen by people. What I will say to you is true, that they have already received their reward.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “When you pray to God do not do like people who do not with their hearts do what they do. They like to go to the churches and stand up and pray to God. They want that all the people see what they are doing. Also in the streets they pray like this. But truly I tell you that in that the people look well on what they are doing is all the wages they get.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:6:

• Uma: “So, when we (incl.) pray, enter into the house, close the door, and only then pray to our (incl.) Father who is not visible. Because he does see our (incl.) deeds that others do not know, and he will reward us (incl.).” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “But when you (sing.) pray, go into the room and shut the door and pray to God, he is your Father who cannot be seen. This your Father sees your doings and he will reward you.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But as for you, when you pray each should go home to his house. He should shut the door so he can’t be seen, and there pray to our Father God who cannot be seen. And our Father God, he alone will be able to see him, and he will be the one to reward him in the future.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When you pray therefore, enter a room alone and close-the-door, then pray to our Father who cannot be seen. And our Father who is seeing what you are doing by yourselves, he will reward you.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “What is good when you (sing.) emph. are praying is that you go-alone into a room and close (the door). And then pray to your Father who can’t be seen but he can see you. For it’s certain that he will reward you for that doing of yours which includes no praise-seeking.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “But you, when you pray to God, go inside your houses, shut the door and then pray to God. God your Father is there where you are, and it is he who sees you pray in your house and he it is who will pay you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)