Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 7:26:

• Noongar: “You tell me, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, truly, but you saw something much greater, not only a Prophet.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “So, what do you go wanting to see? Perhaps you want to see a prophet? If that, it is very true/right. Because that Yohanes is greater than the other prophets.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Na, what then did you see when you went? A prophet? Yes, I tell you the prophet you saw is greater than the other prophets.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Why was it that you went out to him? Did you go out to see a prophet of God? That’s what you really went out to see, because John really is a prophet. But he’s not only a prophet.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Tell then who you went to see? Was it a prophet? Emphatically yes, but the truth-of-it is, he was higher than a prophet.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, what really did you want to see there? Was it a prophet? Yes indeed, but he isn’t just a prophet.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 7:27:

• Noongar: “Because the Scriptures say of this man, John, ‘God says, ‘I will send my messenger before, clearing your path.”” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Because he is the one who prepares the hearts of the people to receive me, like is written in the Holy Book long ago. God said: ‘He is my messenger, I send him ahead of You (sing.), to prepare your (sing.) way/road.”” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Yahiya is hep the person written about in the holy-book, it says there, ‘God says, I tell my messenger to go before you and prepare your way.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because John is the fulfillment of the prophesied, written word of God, because God said there, ‘There is a person I will send. I will send him in front of you that he might make clean your way.’ ‘ Then Jesus spoke again,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Because Juan is whom the written word of God is talking about which says, ‘I am sending someone to go-ahead of you (sing.) to prepare the path-you-(sing.)-will-take.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Because this Juan is the one referred to in the word of God which is written, which says, ‘It’s true there is someone whom I will send to go ahead of you (sing.), for he will make ready where you will walk.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 7:29:

• Noongar: “All the people heard John; tax collectors also heard God’s truth, and went to John so he could baptise them.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “All the people, with [including] the tax collectors, heard the words of Yesus speaking-about Yohanes. Hearing that, they received the Word(s) of God, because they had already requested-to-be-baptized of Yohanes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “All the people and especially the tax collectors really listened to Isa. These were the ones who had asked to be bathed by Yahiya because they believed that God is righteous/straight.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now when all the people there and all the transgressors and the tax collectors heard these teachings of Jesus, they said, ‘How very proper are the customs of God.’ And they had themselves baptized by John.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “(When they heard that, all the people and even the tax collectors, they acknowledged that what God had done was correct, because Juan is the one who had baptized them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “As for that crowd of people who were listening to Jesus, even some official receivers of payment to the government, they had acknowledged as true what God had caused to be said by Juan, then at the time when he was still teaching, that’s why they had had themselves baptized by Juan.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 7:30:

• Noongar: “But the Pharisees and the Law Men, they turned away. They did not want the things of God, the things that God wanted them doing, and they did not go to John for baptism.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “But as for the Parisi people and the religion teachers, they refused to receive God’s purpose for their lives, for they had refused to request-to-be-baptized of Yohanes.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “But the Pariseo and the teachers of the religious law, did not ask to be bathed by Yahiya because they did not want to follow God’s wish for them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But the Pharisees and the teachers of the Jewish Law, they did not go along with what God wanted them to do, and they were not baptized by John.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “But the Pharisees however and the teachers of the law, they didn’t-want to do what God had planned for them, because they of course didn’t-want to-get-baptized by Juan.)” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “But the majority of the Pariseo and explainers of law, they said-no-to what God had planned for them, not having themselves baptized by Juan.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 7:31:

• Noongar: “Jesus spoke again, ‘Now what can I say about people today? They are like what people?” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Yesus also said: ‘No kidding the people who live at this time! This is the parable that I compare them to:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Then Isa said, ‘What shall I use as a parable for the people living now? Like what are they?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus spoke again, ‘You people today, I see that you are just like children playing,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jesus also said, ‘What perhaps will I use-as-an-illustration/comparison-for the people today? What are they like?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Jesus continued what-he -was-saying, saying, ‘Well, to what shall I compare people today? What are they really like?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 7:32:

• Noongar: “They are like children sitting in the market. One side calls to the other, ‘We sang for a wedding but you did not dance! We sang for a funeral and you didn’t weep.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “They are like children to sit at the edge of the main-road, who continually call-back-and-forth with their companions, they said: ‘We encourage you to play-the-flute, You do not want to be glad together-with us (excl.). We encourage you to weep, You also do not want to cry together-with us (excl.).'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “They are like children sitting in the market playing wedding and funeral. They call to their companions, they say, ‘We beat the drums/rhythm for you, but you did not dance. We wailed but you did not weep.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “because the children sit in the market-place playing, and they call to each other saying, ‘We are beating the drum for you but you will not dance, and we are wailing, but you will not join in.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “They are like children playing in the plaza who will absolutely not be satisfied. They say to their companions, ‘We (excl.) were certainly playing-the-gongs, but you refused to dance. So we sang-funeral-songs, but you still refused to join in.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “They’re like children sitting at their playing-place and calling to their friends they play with. They’re saying, ‘Whatever we (excl.) do, it doesn’t suit you (pl.). We play stringed-instruments for you but you don’t dance. We sing songs sung at burials but you don’t cry.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 7:33:

• Noongar: “John the Baptist came. He did not eat many days and he did not drink strong liquor, and you said, ‘An evil spirit is inside him’.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Its meaning: You do not like Yohanes the Baptizer, you also do not like Me. When Yohanes came, he fasted and did not drink anything intoxicating. You rejected him, you said: ‘He is possessed!’ But when I came, I the Son of Man, I drank, I ate. You just rejected me too, you said: ‘Look at him! A greedy/gluttonous person, a drunkard, the friend of tax collectors and companion of sinners!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “You are like those children. For Yahiya who bathed people came here and he often fasted and did not drink anything intoxicating and you say that he is demon possessed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when you saw John the Bpatist, fasting and not drinking wine, you said that he had a demon.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “They are the ones-to-whom-you -are-compared, because Juan the Baptizer came and he fasted and didn’t drink intoxicating-beverages and you said, ‘He is demon-possessed (reproof particle).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “You are just like them, for nothing suits you either. Because as for Juan who was baptizing, he fasted and didn’t drink intoxicating liquor. Well, you say he is possessed by an evil spirit.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)