Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 10:33:
- Uma: “But whoever says to others that he is not my follower, he also I will deny to my Father in heaven, I say: ‘This person, he is not my follower.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But whoever denies that he follows me, I will also deny before my Father in heaven that he follows me.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But the one who says to people that I am not his master, I will not own him in front of my Father who is in heaven.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But the one who denies that he believes in me in front of people, that also is what I will say in front of my Father who is in heaven.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But if he denies-being-associated/acquainted-with me in the presence of people, I too will deny him in the presence of my Father in heaven.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But whoever will deny me before the people, saying that he does not believe in me, then I will say before my Father in heaven that I am not friends with him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 10:34:
- Uma: “‘Don’t say like this, that I have come to make-in-harmony people. No! I have come to cause-differences among people / make people disagree.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Is it that you mistakenly-think I come to bring peace to the world? I did not come to bring peace but I came to bring a reason for opposition/resistance.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Don’t you think that I came here to the world so that there would be no trouble for mankind. I didn’t come here so that there would be peace, for because of my coming here, people will be against each other.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Jesus also said, ‘Don’t say that I came to bring peace to this earth, because the truth of it is that I came to bring quarreling/fighting and separating of people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “It’s necessary that you don’t think that I came here to bring peace so that people here in the world will be harmonious. Because some will believe in me, others not. Therefore it’s like a bladed-weapon is what I have brought when I came here, because the outcome will be conflict.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Do not think that I came to earth so that you would not suffer anything at all. That is not right. Rather there will be wars (all kinds of enmity between people).” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Martu Wangka: “I came to the ground to tell you all the Father’s talk. Some people will hear that talk and rejoice and live for the Father, and others will hear that talk and will dislike the Father. Those ones will also dislike the Father’s relatives.” (Source: Carl Gross)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 10:35:
- Uma: “Because of this my coming, the people of one household will oppose one another, some will follow me, some will not. A male child is opposed to/has differences with his father, a female child is opposed to/has differences with her mother, a child-in-law is opposed to/has differences with his/her parent-in-law.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “Because of me the son is against his father and the daughter is against her mother and the daughter-in-law is against her mother-in-law.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For because of my coming here, a man will be against his male child, and a woman will be against her female child. And a woman will also be against her daughter-in-law.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Therefore in-the-future fathers-and-children and mothers-and-children will oppose-each-other. Parents-and-children-in-law will also oppose-each-other,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Because I came here so that those who believe and who don’t will-be-caused-to-become-opponents, a son and his father, a daughter and her mother, a child-in-law and his parent-in-law.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “I have come here so that there will be situations causing wars between people. The son will fight his father. The daughter will fight her mother. The daughter-in-law will fight her mother-in-law.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 10:36:
- Uma: “Because of this my coming, the people of one household will oppose one another, some will follow me, some will not. A male child is opposed to/has differences with his father, a female child is opposed to/has differences with her mother, a child-in-law is opposed to/has differences with his/her parent-in-law.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The worst enemies of a person are his relatives.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And a person will be against his close relatives.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “and a person’s enemies will be his own family.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Really a person’s enemy will be from within his own household.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Concerning the enemies of the person who believes in me, those who live in his house will fight him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 10:37:
- Uma: “‘A person who loves his mother or his father more than his love for Me, he is not worthy/appropriate to become my follower. A person who loves his child more than his love for Me, he is not worthy/appropriate to become my follower.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If a person loves his mother and father more than me, he is not worthy/fit to become my disciple, and if a person loves his children more than me, he is not worthy/fit to become my disciple.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If there is a person who the thing which is big in his breath is his mother and father, not me, he is not fitted to be called my disciple. Or if the thing which is big in his breath is his offspring not me, he again is not fitted to be called my disciple.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Whoever has a larger love for his father and mother and even his children than his love for me, he is not worthy to be counted as my disciple.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “The person who holds his father or mother dearer than his holding dear of me, he’s not acceptable as one of my people. And the one whose holding dear of his child is more than his holding dear of me is not acceptable as one of my people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “So the person who loves his father or mother more than me is a person who does not deserve to follow me. The person who loves his son or daughter more than me is a person who does not deserve to follow me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 10:38:
- Uma: “A person who becomes my follower can be compared to a person who carried-on-shoulder his cross and follows my footsteps, because he will definitely received suffering or maybe he will really be killed because of his following Me. So, whoever is not ready to get suffering like that, he is not worthy to become my follower.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If a person does not follow me and does not carry the beam/post for killing him, that means if he does not submit to endure persecution even unto death, he is not worthy/fit to become my disciple.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Whoever doesn’t disciple me and he doesn’t carry his cross, which is to say, he is afraid to obey my commands because they might be the death of him, he is not fitted to be called my disciple.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Whoever also does not carry-his cross -on-his-shoulder so that he will then go-with me, he is not worthy to be counted as my disciple.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “And whoever won’t shoulder his cross and follow me, he really isn’t acceptable as one of my people.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The person who does not want to follow me because he is afraid of being killed is the person who does not deserve to follow me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 10:39:
- Uma: “Whoever lets go of his own desires and follows me even if he is killed, he is the one who receives good life. But he who holds onto his own desires, he will not receive good life.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “If a person loves/values his life, he has no everlasting life. But if a person does not love/value his life and submits to dying because of his steadfastly following me, he has everlasting life.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He who sets his heart on his life here in the world, it will, by contrast, be taken away from him. But he who obeys my commands even if they are the death of him, he will be given life forever.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because the one who values himself, he will die just the same but the one who dies because of his faith in me, he has life that has no end.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “For the one who really values his life, it will be lost to him, but the one who holds-fast-to me even if it will cause his life/breath to be severed, life which is far-from-ordinary really will be his.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The person who goes back, being afraid that he will be killed, is the person who will lose his soul. But the person who never goes back even though he be killed, this is the person who will save his soul.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 10:40:
- Uma: “‘Whoever receives you, it is the same as receiving Me. Whoever receives me, it is the same as receiving God, because He is the one who sent me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘If a person treats you according-to-custom, I am being treated-according-to-custom. And if someone treats me according-to-custom, he also treats God according-to-custom, the one who sent me to the world.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The person who receives you receives also me. And the one who receives me receives also God who sent me.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Whoever receives you, I am the one he received, and the one who receives me, he also received the one who sent me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “As the last part of this which Jesus was teaching, he said, ‘Really the one who receives and welcomes/treats you well, he is also receiving me. And the one who receives me, he is also receiving God who sent me to come here.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “The one who will pay respect to you is the person who has done as though he paid respect to me. He who pays respect to me has done as though he paid respect to the one who sent me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)