Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:31:

• Uma: “After that Yesus again said another parable to the crowd, he said: ‘When God becomes King on earth, it will happen like this story: There was a person who took hawi [mustard greens] seeds, he went and planted it in his small-garden.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Then he told a parable again, he said, ‘God’s ruling over his people is figuratively like one sort of small seed that a person planted/plants in his field.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus taught again another parable. ‘The increase in size of the ruling of God,’ he said, ‘it’s like a plant whose seed is very small.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then Jesus told-parables to them again and he said, ‘God’s ruling, it can be compared to a mustard seed that a person planted in his swidden/garden.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Another illustration was taught by Jesus to them, saying, ‘The kingdom of God is like this. There was a person who planted mustasa’ seed in his field.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Again Jesus sought to make a comparison with the word he spoke to the people. He said: ‘I am going to teach you about how the people will multiply, those who will enter God’s hand. There in the field of a man was planted a small seed of mustard.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:32:

• Uma: “That seed was very tiny, smaller than other seeds. But when it grew, it was bigger than the other vegetables. It grew like a tree, with the result that birds came and made their nests in its branches.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “This seed is very small but when it grows, it becomes bigger than all plants and becomes a tree. Therefore the birds can go and make their nests on it’s branches.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “A person plants this in his field, and when it sprouts and gets big, it becomes the largest of the vegetable plants. It’s like a tree and the birds can light in it and can build their nests in its branches.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “This is the smallest of all seeds, but when it grows and matures, this is the largest of all plants, whose size is like a tree, and it is possible for birds to make-nests in its branches.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “It really is the smallest seed of all plants, but when it has been-planted/taken-root, on sprouting it grows bigger than all other vegetables, and becomes a tree. Without anything further, its branches will then be nested in by birds.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “This seed truly is the smallest of all the other seeds. But when it grows, then it is a larger plant than all the other plants in the plant garden. There in its branches birds make nests.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:33:

• Uma: “There was another parable that he said to the crowd, he said: ‘When God becomes King on earth, it will happen like this: A woman takes a little yeast, she mixes it with much flour. After a while, it all expands/rises.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “He told yet another parable he said, ‘The ruling of God over his people is figuratively like yeast which a woman took and mixed it in twenty-five kilo flour. Then she made a dough. Then the whole dough rose.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus taught them again another parable, he said, ‘The increase in number of those whom God will rule over is also like yeast. Because if there is a woman who makes bread, she gets the yeast and she mixes it with a basin of flour, and the flour increases in size.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jesus also said, ‘God’s ruling, it is like yeast/baking-powder that a woman mixed with much flour so that it would cause-it-to-raise (entire batch implicit).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “There was another illustration by Jesus, which said, ‘The kingdom of God is like raising-agent which a woman mixed into a lot of flour, so that a whole bake-load would rise well.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Again Jesus sought to make another comparison with the word he spoke to the people. He said: ‘Concerning the multiplying of the people who enter God’s hand, he who is in heaven, it is compared with the leaven when it is placed in three measures of flour by a woman and then leavens all the dough.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:34:

• Uma: “Yesus taught all that crowd earlier using parables. There was nothing that he taught if not with parables.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Whenever Isa taught the crowds he only spoke in parables. He did not speak to them when it was not in parables.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “All of this, Jesus taught to the many people by means of parables. Everything that he taught to them was by means of a parable.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Parables were what Jesus was using in his teaching of all these things to the people. There was nothing that he taught them without relating a parable.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Wholly illustrations was what Jesus taught the people. There wasn’t anything he taught without using illustrations.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Thus Jesus spoke, seeking to make comparisons in what he said to the people. Whenever he spoke he always sought to make comparisons in the word he taught the people.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:35:

• Uma: “From that, the word that was written by the prophet long ago was fulfilled: ‘I teach them with parables. I bring them teachings that were hidden from when the world was first created [lit., from the beginning of the creating of the world].'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Na, what one prophet had written in the holy-book was fulfilled, it said, ‘I speak in parables when I teach them. I tell them about what was not known since the world was created.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The reason he did this (inadvertently) is because that which was prophesied long ago by the inspired one of God is being fulfilled. It said, ‘I teach them parables. I relate to them that which was hidden long ago, beginning with the creation of the world, lasting until now.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “That’s how he was teaching so that what God had-the prophet -say would be fulfilled saying, ‘Parables are what I will use to talk to them. I will tell them what was not made-known since (lit. beginning from) the creation of the world.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “His teaching was like that so that what was said by the prophets in the past would be fulfilled which was the word of God which said, ‘I will teach them wholly with illustrations. I will explain to them the things being hidden from the creation of the world.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Thus he did because it was necessary to happen according to the word spoken by the spokesman for God who said: ‘I will seek to make comparisons in the word I speak to the people. I will tell the people the word which was not known since when the world was made,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:36:

• Uma: “After that, Yesus left behind those many people, and he entered into a house. His disciples approached him, they said: ‘Teacher, please tell us the meaning of the parable of the grass among the rice.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then Isa left the crowds and went inside the house. His disciples went also there and they said to him, ‘Please explain to us the parable about the weeds in the field.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Jesus left the many people, and he went into the house. And his disciples followed him, and they said to him, ‘Explain to us the meaning of the bad plants in the field in your parable.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then Jesus left the people and entered the house. His disciples followed him and they said, ‘Please explain to us (excl.) the parable concerning the weeds that grew-with the rice.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “After that teaching by Jesus was ended, he sent home that crowd and then went home with his disciples to the house. His disciples came close to him. They said, ‘Relate to us the meaning of that illustration of yours of the poisonous weeds in the field.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Jesus finished speaking with the people and went inside his house. His learners came to him and they said: ‘Tell us the meaning of the comparison you made about the seed which appeared like wheat which was planted in the field.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:37:

• Uma: “Yesus said: ‘The owner of the garden who sowed the good seed stands-for Me, the Child of Mankind.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “He answered, he said, ‘I, the Son of Man, am figuratively the man who broadcasted the good seed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘I, the Older Sibling of Mankind, I am the person who plants that which is good.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jesus said, ‘The one who planted the rice, it is I who am Child of a Person” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “‘Yes,’ said Jesus. He said, ‘That one who planted good seed, it’s I who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to his learners: ‘The one who planted the good seed is the Man who came from heaven.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:38:

• Uma: “The garden stands-for this world. The good seed stands-for people who become God’s people in his Kingdom. The grass stands-for people who follow the King of Evil-ones.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “The field is the world. The meaning of the good seed is the people who follow the ruling of God. The weeds are the people who follow the leader of demons.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for the field, now this is the world. And the good plants, these are the people who allow themselves to be ruled over by God. The bad plants, now these are the subjects of Satan.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “and the rice-field is this earth. The good rice seeds, they are the people who are added/joined to God’s kingdom, and the weeds for-their-part are Satanas’ people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “The field is this world. The good seed is the people who are under the control of God and the poisonous weeds are the people under the control of Satanas.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “The field means here on earth. The good seed means people who are in the hand of God. The seed which appears like wheat means the people who are in the hand of the devil.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)