Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:14:

• Uma: “But small is the door and narrow the road leading to salvation/good life, very few are the people who pass/go on it.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “But the gate is narrow and the road to heaven is difficult to follow. Few are the people who find it.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Narrow by contrast is the gate and hard to follow is the trail that goes to life forever, and seldom is there anyone who follows it.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “But the entrance is narrow and there are many hardships on the path that goes to the life that has no end, and few are those who find this path.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “But the gateway is really narrow and the trail isn’t very wide which go to life which has no end. That’s why only a few find this one.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “But the straight road which is taken by the people who will meet up with the new life has a doorway which is narrow and the road is narrow. And only a few people are going there.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:15:

• Uma: “‘Be careful, because there are people who say they are prophets. But they are really lying. They look like people who believe in God. But their intention is just to destroy the faith of others.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “‘Be careful perhaps you are influenced/taken-along by the prophets who are not true (ones). On the outside their customs are good but in their livers they are bad, figuratively like fierce dogs.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Watch out for the one who says he is inspired by God and whose teaching is a lie. It seems as if he is a true believer of God, but what he teaches destroys.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘Beware of deceitful/lying prophets who come to your location, because their appearance is gentle/patient like sheep, but their true character, it is like a vicious/easily-angered dog.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “‘You (pl.) be careful about false-prophets, who indeed are not being inspired by God. They soft-talk you into thinking they are kind/gentle like sheep. Whereas the truth is, they are dangerous like wild-dogs from the forest.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Beware of the lying teachers who will arrive to where you are, saying that they speak God’s word. Don’t let them deceive you, because on the outside it appears that they are good men, but concerning how they live, they spoil all where they go.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:16:

• Uma: “We (incl.) know their deceit if we look at the fruit of their work. Anggur fruit is not plucked from thorny vines. Ara fruit is not plucked from nettles.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “You can recognise them by their doings, like a tree is known by it’s fruit. We (incl.) do not get grapes from a thorn bush (puhung) or guava from a thorny creeper (sampinit).” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “You can tell that he is deceitful by what he does becuse the banag (thorny vine) does not bear grapes, and the nettle plant doesn’t bear figs.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “The way-you -can-distinguish them is by what they are doing. Because of-course one certainly does not gather grapes from rattan or pick figs (loan igos) from bamboo.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Of course you can recognize them by what they are doing, like you recognize a tree by its fruit. Because a sapinit-vine doesn’t produce ubas-fruit, nor do thorny weeds produce igos-fruit.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Concerning how they live, thus you will know about them. It is like a thorn bush, you know that from it there cannot come grapes. Neither do figs come from the thorn bush.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:17:

• Uma: “A fat/healthy tree, its fruit is good. A stunted tree, its fruit is not good.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “A good tree has good fruit but a tree that is not good also has fruit that is not good.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “The good tree, it has good fruit, but the bad tree, bad also is its fruit.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “And the cultivated tree which is strong/healthy has fruit which is good also, but if the tree is sick, no one wants to eat its fruit because it isn’t good.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “For you know a good tree produces good fruit. But a tree that is not good produces fruit that is not good.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:18:

• Uma: “There is not a good tree that bears bad fruit, and there is not a bad tree that bears good fruit.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “A good tree does not bear fruit which is not good and a tree which is not good does not bear good fruit.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The tree that has no disease, its fruit is good. It doesn’t bear bad fruit. The tree that has a disease, its fruit is bad. It cannot bear good fruit.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Because it cannot be that a good tree bear-bad -fruit, and neither can it be that a bad tree bear-good -fruit.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “For it isn’t possible for a good tree to produce bad fruit. And also it isn’t possible for a bad tree to produce good fruit.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “The good tree cannot produce fruit that is not good. The tree that is not good cannot produce good fruit.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:19:

• Uma: “A tree that does not bear well is definitely chopped down and burned up. So also God will certainly punish those false/lying prophets. We (incl.) know that they are lying/liars if we look at the fruit of their work.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “All trees that do not bear good fruit are chopped down and thrown in the fire and burned.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The tree whose fruit is bad is chopped down and burned.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “All trees with bad fruit will be cut-down at their (lit. its) base to then be-burned-as-firewood.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, each tree plant which is sick, whose fruit is not good, it will just be felled, for it will just be thrown on the fire.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “And all the trees which do not produce good fruit will be cut down and burned.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:20:

• Uma: “A tree that does not bear well is definitely chopped down and burned up. So also God will certainly punish those false/lying prophets. We (incl.) know that they are lying/liars if we look at the fruit of their work.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Like that also will you recognise by their deeds the prophets who are not true ones.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “In the same way, those who say they are inspired of God and whose teaching is a lie, God will punish them. And you can tell that they are deceitful because of their bad ways of doing.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “That then is how-you -can-distinguish deceitful prophets by what they are doing.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “That’s why by their doings, you can recognize those who are only false-prophets.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Therefore I tell you that according to how the lying teachers live, thus you will know who they are.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 7:21:

• Uma: “‘Many people call me ‘Lord! Lord!’ but not all of them become God’s people/subjects in his Kingdom. Only the people who do my Father’s will become his people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “‘Not all who always utter my name will go to the ruling/kingdom of God, but only the people who follow/obey the wishes of my Father in heaven.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For there are people who will call upon me saying, ‘Lord, Lord.’ But not all of them can be ruled over by my Father God in heaven, but rather only those who do what God wants.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘Those who will be included in God’s ruling in heaven are not all those who say ‘Lord, Lord,’ but rather only those who are doing what my Father in heaven wants.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “It’s true that not all who call me, Lord/Chief, will be able to enter the kingdom which is in heaven, but on the contrary, only those who truly obey the will of my Father who is in heaven.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Concerning all those who will say to me that I am their Lord, not all of them will enter into where God rules. Those who actually will enter where God rules are the people who will do the will of my Father who is in heaven.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)