Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:7:

• Uma: “There were also some which fell in the midst of thorns. The thorns grew crowding/squeezing that sowed-thing, with the result that it died.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Other seeds fell into the thorns. The thorns grew fast so that the plants were choked.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There was also that which he was planting which fell on soil where the weeds there were thorny. And these weeds grew long and they choked the plants.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Others also fell in a thorny-area, but whereupon the thorns grew-with them and choked-out the plants.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Others got scattered where-weeds-were-sprouting-all-over. When those weeds grew up, the cultivated-plants couldn’t fruit because they were drowned(fig.).” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Others of the seeds landed where there were thorns. When the thorns grew, they spoiled the seeds which grew in their midst.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:8:

• Uma: “There were also seeds which fell in fertile [fat] ground. That sowed-thing/seed fruited, some a hundred times more than the sowed-thing, some sixty times, some thirty times.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Na, other seeds fell on good soil and bore fruit. Some yielded very much, some much and some also enough/just right.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there were also that to be planted which fell on good soil, and these, by contrast, bore fruit. There were some of these plants that gave fruit thirty for each plant, and there were also some plants that gave fruit sixty for each plant, and there were also plants that gave fruit one hundred for each plant.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “But as for still others, they fell on the good soil, afterwards they grew and-then they bore-fruit. Some bore-fruit one hundred each, some sixty each, and some also thirty each.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “But what got scattered on good soil/ground fruited well with full-heads-of-grain. Some had one hundred grains on a single stalk. Some had sixty and some thirty.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Others of the seeds landed on good earth and very much did they produce. Some had a hundred for each seed. Some others had sixty for each seed. Some others had thirty for each.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:9:

• Uma: “Whoever of you have ears, listen well!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Amey-amey listen when something is said to you.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said again, ‘This you have heard, understand it.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jesus concluded saying, ‘You who are listening, think-about what you have heard.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Jesus added on, saying, ‘Well since what ears are for is listening, it’s necessary that you listen well to this which I am saying.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “And now have your ears listen to what I say,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:10:

• Uma: “His disciples approached him, and they asked, they said: ‘Teacher, why do you use parables when you teach the people/crowds?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then his disciples went to him and they said, ‘Why do you use parables when you teach?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus’ disciples came near to him, and they said, ‘What’s the reason why you teach the people by means of parables?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then Jesus disciples approached him and inquired, ‘Why are parables what you (sing.) use to teach the people?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When the crowd had gone, Jesus’ disciples approached him. They questioned saying, ‘Why do you use only illustrations to teach the people?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “The learners came to Jesus and said to him: ‘Why do you search for comparisons to tell the people?'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:11:

• Uma: “Yesus answered: ‘Long ago God had not yet made-known-to mankind how he would become King on earth. But now he has made-known-to you that teaching. But as for the people/crowds, he has not allowed them all to know that teaching. That’s why I speak-figuratively-of-it to them with parables.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Isa answered them, he said, ‘You have already/now been given knowledge/wisdom so that you can understand what God has hidden in his thoughts about as to how he rules over his people. But the other people have not been given.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered them saying, ‘That which was hidden long ago about the ruling of God, he has caused you, my disciples, to understand it. But the other people, he has hidden it from them, by contrast.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jesus said, ‘Because you are the ones to whom God has given the privilege to come-to-know what was not made-known previously concerning his ruling, but he hasn’t given-it to other people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied saying, ‘It really has been given/graced to you to know the secret/hidden meaning of what I am teaching concerning the kingdom of God. But as for them, it hasn’t been given/graced to them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to his learners: ‘Concerning the word which was not known about how God rules, God who is in heaven wants you to understand about this word. But other people will not understand this.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:12:

• Uma: “People who receive the Word of God, their hearts will be made-clear so that they know more and more of the Word of God. But people who do not want to receive the Word of God, even if there is a little that they do know, it will be taken from them.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “For a person, if he listens well, he will understand more. But if a person does not listen well, even if he understands a little, it will finally leave him.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because the person who has believed and has understanding, God will give to him more so that his understanding will be right. But he who doesn’t believe, God will take away from him the little that he understands.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Because the person who heeds what he is hearing, his understanding will be added-to until he understands much, but the one who doesn’t heed-it, even the little he thought he understood will disappear.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “The one who believes/obeys what he has learned from me, his wisdom/understanding will be increased by God until he knows a lot/enough. But the one who doesn’t acknowledge-as-true this which he has heard, God will remove even what he has understood so it doesn’t come to anything.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “The person who understands about the word will be helped by God to know even more. But the person who pays no attention to the word I speak, the little bit that he does know will be taken from him.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:13:

• Uma: “That is why I speak with parables when I speak to the crowds, because they have ears but they do not know the meaning of what they hear. They have eyes but they do not know the meaning of what they see. [Order of clauses reversed, because the word ‘to-have-eyes’ is tricky to read, and by putting ‘to-have-ears’ first it clues the reader in and thereby makes it easier to read the difficult word]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “This is the reason why I speak in parables when I teach them, because they look but do not see, and they hear but do not really hear and do not understand.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason I teach them by means of parables is so that they might understand, because they keep on looking at it but they cannot see it, which is to say, they listen but it is as if they don’t hear because they don’t understand.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Therefore parables are what-I-am-using to teach them, because even though they are seeing, they are not able-to-recognize, and even though they are hearing, they are not able-to understand.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Therefore I am only using illustrations to teach them because staring, they can’t see, and they listen but can’t hear and understand.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Therefore I search for how to make comparisons when I speak to the people. Because the people see what I do, but they act as though they didn’t see anything. Concerning the words they hear, it is as though they didn’t hear anything, they do not understand the word I speak.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:14:

• Uma: “So the Word of God foretold by the prophet Yesaya long ago is fulfilled. Like this its sound: ‘They hear, but they still do not know its meaning. They see, but it is like they still do not really see.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Na, what Nabi Isaya wrote in the holy-book is fulfilled already, it says, ‘You really listen but you do not understand. You really look but you do not see/recognise.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “That which Isaiah prophesied has been fulfilled in them, because he said, God said, ‘They listen carefully, but they can’t understand. They look carefully, but they cannot see.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “They are the fulfillment of what God caused-to-be-written by Isaias the prophet saying, ‘Even though they repeatedly-hear, they will not understand. And even though they repeatedly-look-closely, they will not recognize.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Really what was said by the prophet Isaias in the past can find fulfillment in them, which he wrote which was what God said, saying, ‘Even though you (pl.) keep on listening, you really won’t be able to understand. And even though you stare and stare, you won’t recognize what you are looking at.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Concerning what these people are doing, thus has happened the word predicted by the prophet Isaiah who said: ‘The people will hear about the word, but they will not understand about the word they hear. Concerning what the people will see, they will not understand what they see.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)