Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:25:

• Uma: “‘That is why I say to you: don’t be afraid or say: ‘What are we (incl.) going to eat, and drink?’ Don’t be afraid or say: ‘What shall we (incl.) wear?’ Because your life is more than food and clothes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “‘Therefore I say to you: do not worry about your livelihood as to what you will eat and as to what you will drink so that you live, or about your body as to what shall be your clothing. Life is more valuable than food and the body is more valuable than clothes.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And because of this I say to you, my disciples, that you should not be concerned about food and drink which is your means of staying alive. Don’t also worry about clothes to put on your body. For God has given you your breath and your body which are very precious. It’s not possible that he won’t also give you food and clothing.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘This is the reason I tell you, don’t be worried about food, drink, and clothes which you need in this life. Because your lives are far-away more valuable than food, and your bodies are emphatically more valuable than clothes.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “That’s why I am saying to you not to cause your mind/thinking to be agitated about where you will be able to get all you need for your body like food, drink and clothes. For isn’t it so that life is more/greater than food and your body is more/greater than clothes? Well since life and body are indeed God’s gift to you, of course he will also give these things which you need, which are food and clothing.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “I tell you that you must not worry about what you will eat and drink or about what you will wear. For the soul of the person is more valuable than what one eats. The person’s body is more valuable than what he wears.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:26:

• Uma: “Think of birds who fly going and coming. They do not farm, they do not harvest, they do not have granaries. But even so, your Father in heaven gives them food anyway. Yet in the sight of God you are more important than birds [lit., your lives surpass the lives of birds], and God will take more care of you than he takes care of birds.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Look at the birds flying about. They do not plant or harvest and they do not store (things) but God feeds them. And-what’s-more you, you are much more valuable than the birds.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Think about the birds that fly around. They don’t plant seed; they don’t harvest. They don’t also put things in storehouses. But in spite of that God in heaven acts supernaturally to provide them food. And of course you people are much more precious to him than birds.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Think about the birds that are flying above. They do not plant and harvest, nor do they have granaries for storing-up what they will eat, but (reassurance particle) they do not suffer-hunger, because our Father in heaven is giving them what they will eat. You are far-away more valuable than birds, is it not so?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “For just think about (lit. walk your mind over) birds. Isn’t it so that they don’t plant-crops, or harvest, or store in silos? But they don’t starve, because they are being fed by your Father who is in heaven. Well, aren’t you greater than these birds?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “You see that the birds flying above do not make fields, and they do not harvest and store. Yet your Father in heaven is the one who gives the birds what they eat. How much more will God care for you, because you are more valuable than the birds.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:27:

• Uma: “What is the use of you thinking and being-nervous so much. For even if we (incl.) are continually busy thinking about many things, we (incl.) are not able to add to our (incl.) age even just one-night.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Who of you can prolong his life even for one hour when you worry/by worrying?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “No matter how a person cherishes his life, there is no way he can add even a little bit to it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Another thing, even if you are always worrying, can you lengthen your lives by even one hour?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well which of you can increase his life by even a little time through agitating his mind/thinking? Of course no one.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “And how about the person who is worried that he isn’t tall, is he able to grow another forearm’s height because of his worrying?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:28:

• Uma: “‘Why are you so busy thinking about your clothes? Think about [how] the flowers in the prairie live. They do not work, they do not make their clothes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Why do you still worry about your clothes? Look at the flowers as to how they grow. They do not work, they do not weave.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Why are you worried about clothing? Look at the blossoms of the weeds. They don’t work; they also do not weave.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘Why are you also worried about what you will wear? Look at the way the flowers get-big in the mountainous-area. They do not work and weave their clothes,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “And, well, why do you agitate yourselves about clothing? Think about how flowers sprout here in the world. Isn’t it so that they don’t do-hard-work or make-cloth?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Do not be worried about what you will wear. You see that the flowers in the fields do not work and they don’t weave, yet they appear beautiful.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:29:

• Uma: “But I say to you: even King Salomo with all of his riches/wealth, his clothes were not like the beauty of those flowers there.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “And I tell you for sure, even Sultan Sulaiman the richest one in old times, could not dress as beautifully as one of these flowers.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But true is what I say to you, that even King Solomon long ago who was very rich and famous, the beauty of his clothing didn’t amount to one little fingernail beside the beauty of these flowers.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “but I tell you that even King Solomon whose riches were extreme, he had no clothing like the beauty of one of these flowers.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “But the truth is that even king Solomon who was highly-spoken-of for the greatness of his wealth, he couldn’t clothe himself to outdo these flowers.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “I tell you this word here, that like King Solomon, very good is the clothing he wore, yet he doesn’t approach the beauty of the flowers.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 6:30:

• Uma: “So, if God makes-beautiful that grass in the field–that are today and are burned tomorrow–how much more you! His care of you is more/surpasses. So why-in-the-world don’t you believe/trust his care?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “If God can clothe so beautifully the flowers of the weeds which do not last, they live now and are burned tomorrow, na (and) you he cannot clothe? Really, your trust in God is very little.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “A weed has no value. We see it today, and before long it dries up and is burned. But if God makes even these weeds beautiful, of course he will also give you clothing. Why is your trust in Him so small?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “If like that is the beauty that God gives to the weeds that are here now and are burned tomorrow, don’t-you-suppose it is more certain that he knows how to give you your clothing? Why therefore perhaps is your trust only a little?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Your belief/obeying and trust-in/relying-on me is really small, for if it’s like God clothes with flowers the weeds/brush which are alive today, but tomorrow will be thrown on the fire, well isn’t it so that you will all-the-more be clothed by him?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “For God himself makes the flowers of the fields appear beautiful. For these are in the field now, yet tomorrow they are burned in the ovens. How much more will God clothe you. Yet you do not believe very well that God will care for you.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)