Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 11:15:

• Uma: “Whoever has ears, listen well!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Amey-amey (this expression intensifies an instruction or warning.) listen when you are told something.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “This which you have heard, you must understand.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “You who are hearing, think about what you heard.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well since what ears are for is for listening with, it’s necessary that you listen well to this which I am saying.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “So now, have ears to listen to the word I speak.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 11:16:

• Uma: “‘No kidding the people who live at this time! Here is what I compare them to. [lit., Here is my parable that I parable them to.] They are like children who sit on the edge of the main-road and invite their friends,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “‘So-then,’ said Isa, ‘what shall I take as a parable for the people living now? They are like children sitting in the market place playing wedding and funeral. They call to their companions, they say,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for you people today, I will liken you to children. For children sit in the market playing. And they call out to each other saying,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jesus continued, saying, ‘To what perhaps shall I parable/compare the people today? They are like children who are playing in the plaza who will absolutely not be satisfied. They say to their playmates,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well to what shall I compare people today? They’re like children sitting at their playing-place and calling to their friends they play with.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “I am going to seek to make comparisons with the people who live during these days. They are compared to children playing in the market. They call to their fellow children and say:” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 11:17:

• Uma: “they say: ‘We invited you to play flutes, you did not want to be glad with us. We invited you to wail, you also did not want to weep with us.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “‘We beat the gongs for you, but you did not dance. We wailed but you did not cry.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘We are drumming for you, and you will not dance. We pretend mourning, and you won’t join in either.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘We (excl.) were certainly playing-the-gongs, but you refused to dance. Therefore we (excl.) sang-funeral-songs, but you still refused to join in.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “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)
• Tenango Otomi: “‘We blew the flute for you to dance but you wouldn’t dance. And we sang sad songs, but you wouldn’t cry,’ they said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 11:18:

• Uma: “Its meaning: Yohanes the Baptizer they do not like, Me also they do not like. When Yohanes came, he fasted and did not drink that which makes-drunk. They rejected him, they said: ‘He is possessed [ridden]!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “You are like those children. For Yahiya came and he often fasted and he did not drink intoxicating drink, na, and the people said that he is demon possessed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now you saw John; he fasts and he doesn’t drink wine, and you said that he is demon-possessed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “They are what you can-be-compared-to, because Juan came and he was fasting and was not drinking intoxicating-beverages and you said, ‘He is demon-possessed (reproof particle).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “You are just like them, for nothing is acceptable to you either. Because as for Juan, he fasted and didn’t drink intoxicating liquor. Well, the people said he is possessed by an evil spirit.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “You are like that, in that if it doesn’t happen just like you say, you are angry. Because John came, the one who fasted and you said that he walks with an evil spirit because of what he does.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 11:19:

• Uma: “But when I came, I the Child of Mankind, I drank and I ate. They also rejected me, they said: ‘Look at him! A glutton, a drunkard, the friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But even so, we know that God’s purposes are wise [lit., clear] if we look-at the actions of his followers.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Then I, the Son of Man came and I eat and drink, na, and the people say, ‘Look at that man, he is a glutton and a drunkard. His friends are the tax collectors and other sinners.’ But,’ said Isa, ‘the works/deeds of God testify that God’s knowledge/wisdom is really deep.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And I, the Older Sibling of Mankind, I didn’t fast and I, by contrast, drank wine, and you were surprised and you said that I am a glutton and addicted to wine. And you say also that I am a friend of wicked people like the tax collectors and the law breakers. ‘However,’ said Jesus, ‘We can recognize that God is very wise by means of what he does.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “As for me who am Child of a Person, I was eating-with and drinking-with you and you say, ‘Now look at this person! He has-a-large-appetite to eat and he is a drunkard while-simultaneously also he makes-friends-of tax collectors and other sinful people!’ But even if that is what you say, the correctness of God’s wisdom will nevertheless be seen in the deeds of those who receive it.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “And then as for me, the One From Heaven Born of Man/human, I join-in-feasts and drink what we (incl.) drink. Well, the people are saying, ‘Look at that fellow, a glutton and drinker, he’s a friend of money-grabbing official-receivers of payment and other sinners.’ But even though it’s like that, it’s evident that Juan’s and my teaching is indeed correct because of its results in the lives of those who believe/obey.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “And now I the man who came from heaven, because I eat everything that comes my way you say that I am a ‘Partier.’ You say that I am one with the people who have sin and also the tax collectors. Yet concerning the straight word, if the people will think well, they will know this word.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 11:20:

• Uma: “From there, Yesus admonished/told-off the Yahudi people who lived in the towns in the land of Galilea, because even through he frequently did miracles [lit., astonishing things] in their towns, they still did not repent from their evil character.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then Isa began to scold the people of the towns where he had done many of his miracles/wonder-causing works, because they did not change their livers.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Jesus criticized the people in the towns where he had shown many miracles because they didn’t have done with their sins.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then Jesus scolded those who resided in the towns where he had done most of the amazing-things, because they did not repent of their sins.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “And then Jesus rebuked the people in the towns where he had done many amazing things. He rebuked them because they hadn’t repented and dropped/given-up their sins.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Jesus began to reprimand the manner of living of the people who lived in the towns where he had done many miracles. Because the people did not want to separate from the evil in which they lived. He said:” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 11:21:

• Uma: “Yesus said: ‘Disaster to you Korazim and Betsaida people! Many indeed the miracles I did in your towns, but you still do not repent from your sins. If for example those miracles had been done in the towns of Tirus and Sidon, they would have long repented from their sins even though they are not Yahudi people. They would have taken gunny-sacks for clothes and sprinkled their heads with ashes, as a sign of their sorrow/regret.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “He said, ‘You are to be pitied, people of Korasin. You are to be pitied, people of Betsaida. For if I had done in the places Tiros and Sidon the wonder-causing doings that I did there at yours, the people there would long have regretted and left their sins and as is their custom would have dressed in sacks and bathed with ashes to show their regret.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “He said, ‘You people of Chorazin, you are greatly to be pitied. You people of Bethsaida, you are greatly to be pitied. The miracles that I showed in the villages of the Jews, if I did these in the villages of the people who aren’t Jews there in Tyre and Sidon, they would have clothed themselves in sacks, and they would have dusted their heads with ashes to show that they had done with their bad doings.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “He said, ‘Pitiful are you from-Korazin and likewise also you from-Betsaida! Because many are the amazing things I have done in your towns, but you didn’t repent of your sins. If it had been in Tiro and in Sidon where I had done these amazing things, they would have dressed-in sacks immediately and sprinkled their heads with ashes to show that they repented.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “He said, ‘Alas, really very hard is what is in store for you who are taga Corazin and taga Betsaida. Because just supposing it had been in Tiro and Sidon, whose people aren’t Judio, where these amazing things had been done which I did here where you are, it’s true that long ago the people from there would have dressed in rough (clothes) and been sitting in ashes, so as to cause to be recognized that they were truly repenting.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “‘How great will be the punishment of the people who live in the town of Chorazin. How great will be the punishment of the people who live in the town of Bethsaida. Because they did not believe when they saw the miracles I did where they lived. If the people who lived in the old time town of Tyre and also Sidon had seen these miracles then at once they would have separated from the evil in which they lived. They would have put ashes on themselves and worn the clothing worn by people who are in sorrow.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 11:22:

• Uma: “So, so that you know: on the Kiama Day God’s punishment on you will be greater than his punishment on the Tirus and Sidon people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “I tell you, when the day is reached when God judges mankind, the judgment for you will be much heavier than the judgment for the people of Tiros and Sidon.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Don’t you forget that in the future on the day when God sees to mankind, his punishment on you will be greater than on the people there in Tyre and Sidon.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Therefore I say to you that the punishment of those-from-Tiro and from-Sidon will be less-severe than yours on the day that God judges people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “This which I will say to you really is true, that at the day of judging, really much heavier will be the judgment you are sentenced to, more so than that of the taga Tiro and taga Sidon.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “I tell you that on the day when people are judged, these people who have rejected the word will suffer greater punishment than will be suffered by the people who lived in the town of Tyre and in the town of Sidon.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)