Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:47:

• Uma: “‘When God becomes King on earth, it happens like this parable: A big net is thrown into a lake.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “‘Likewise,’ said Isa, ‘the ruling of God over his people is figuratively like a fishing net thrown into the sea in order to catch many different kinds of fish.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The ruling of God who is in heaven, it’s like a net which is placed in the lake so that it might catch all kinds of fish.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘God’s ruling can also be compared to a fishnet that some fishermen lowered into the sea until it was full of many kinds of fish. Then they pulled it to the bank (lit. its edge) and they sat-down to sort-through what they had caught. What was good to eat-as-viand, they put in a bucket, but the bad, they threw away.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “‘Well,’ Jesus said next, ‘the kingdom of God is also like a trawl net. When it was thrown into the sea, all kinds of fish went in.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Concerning God who is in heaven, the people who live here on the earth he rules are like the fish caught in a net when fishermen go fishing in the sea. Different kinds of fish are caught.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:48:

• Uma: “When the net is full, the fishermen lift up their nets [and] go to the shore, and they sit down and choose the fish caught in the net. The good ones they put in their containers, the ones that are not good they throw away.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “When the net is full the people pull it to the sea shore then they sit down and select the fish. The good fish are put into their container and the ones that aren’t good are simply thrown out.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when many fish are able to get inside of it, people pull it up on the shore. And they sit down because they will choose the good fish and put them into baskets, and those which are not good, they throw away.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘God’s ruling can also be compared to a fishnet that some fishermen lowered into the sea until it was full of many kinds of fish. Then they pulled it to the bank (lit. its edge) and they sat-down to sort-through what they had caught. What was good to eat-as-viand, they put in a bucket, but the bad, they threw away.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Without anything further, when the fishermen observed that many fish had gone in already, they hauled it up. And then they sat down and sorted them out. The good fish which can be eaten, they put these into the container. Those which weren’t, they threw them away.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “When the fishermen drag their net to shore which is full of fish, they sit down to sort them out. The good fish are kept, but the fish which are no good are thrown away.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:49:

• Uma: “So also on the Kiama Day: angels go to separate the evil people and the straight people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “It will be like that also at the end (of the world). The angels will appear and they will separate the bad people from the righteous/straight people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And in the future at the last time, what will happen will be like this. Because the messengers of God will go around, and they will separate the bad and the good people.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Like this also is what will happen at the end of the world. The angels, they will go choose the bad people to separate them from the good.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, it will be like that too at the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the doers of evil from the people who are straight/righteous in God’s sight.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “This is like what will happen when the world will end. The angels will go take away the evil people from where the good people are.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:50:

• Uma: “The evil people are thrown into the fire of hell. There they will continually cry and suffer/groan.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “The bad people they will drop in the fire of hell. They will wail there and gnash their teeth because of their regret.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the bad ones, they will throw into the fire. And the bad ones, they will yell and gnash their teeth because of their great remorse.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then they will throw-them -away in the fire that doesn’t ever go-out, and they will cry-bitterly while-simultaneously they will also clench-(their) -teeth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, these who are not his people will be thrown by these angels into the fire which is burning very high and never dies down. They really will cry-loudly without restraint and their teeth will grind.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “The evil people will be thrown into the oven which has a great fire. There they will cry and gnash their teeth for the painful suffering they endure.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:51:

• Uma: “After that, Yesus asked his disciples, he said: ‘Did you understand my parables?’ They answered: ‘We did understand.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Isa asked his disciples, he said, ‘Did you understand all that I said to you?’ ‘Yes,’ they said.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Jesus asked his disciples, saying, ‘Do you understand this which I am saying to you?’ ‘Yes, we understand,’ they said.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘Have you understood all this?’ said Jesus. ‘Yes,’ they said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, do you understand all this?’ said Jesus.’Yes,’ said his disciples, ‘we understand it.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Jesus asked the people, saying: ‘Do you understand well the words I speak or not?’ The people said: ‘Yes, Lord, we understand the word you speak,’ they said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:52:

• Uma: “From there he also said to them: ‘If so, here is also another parable: If there is a teacher of the Yahudi religion who asks-to-be-taught the teaching that says that God rules as our (incl.) King, that religion teacher can be compared to a house-owner: from the storing-place of his stuff, he brings-out and shows old stuff/goods and also new stuff/goods.’ [In an earlier draft we had added one more sentence to explain the point of this parable, but decided to delete it and make the point explicit in the section heading. The sentence was: ‘ Because he knows the previous / former teachings of the Law of the Lord, and he also knows my new teachings. ‘]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then Isa said, ‘If there is a teacher of the religious law and-what’s-more he follows the ruling of God, he is figuratively like a rich person who has many treasures new and old because he knows to teach the former teaching and the new teaching.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said again, ‘Therefore,’ he said, ‘if there is a teacher of the law who has followed God our King, he becomes like a person who has great possessions in his house. For that teacher of the law, it is not only the old that he can teach, but he can teach the new also.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then Jesus said, ‘You will understand then that if there is a teacher of the law who believes what I am-teaching concerning God’s ruling, he can be compared to a house owner who knows (how to) bring-out old-things and new-things that can be used that were stored in his bodega.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “‘Well,’ said Jesus next to them, ‘that explainer of the word of God who has studied these truths about the kingdom of God, he is like the owner of a household who easily-brings-out (implies, knows just where to put his hands on them) his possessions which are new and old from where he stores them. Because he knows how to teach not just those teachings of the past but these new ones too.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Jesus again spoke to the people, he said: ‘Concerning the teacher of the law, when he becomes my learner, anew he will study how to be in the hand of God, and much more will he know. He will become like a man who has much to keep in his house, there are some things old, there are some things new.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:53:

• Uma: “When Yesus finished speaking all those parables, he went away from there,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “When Isa had finished these parables, he left from that place.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “When Jesus finished teaching them these parables, he left there” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When Jesus had finished-teaching these parables, he left there” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When Jesus had ended that teaching of his which was wholly illustrations, he set out again.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “As soon as Jesus finished speaking these words of comparisons to the people, he left them.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 13:54:

• Uma: “going to his own town. There he taught in the house of prayer. The people were surprised/startled to hear his words, they said: ‘Who could have taught him, that he is smart/clever like that? And where is his power to do miracles from?” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “He went back to his place and he preached/taught in the prayer-house. The people wondered, they said, ‘Where did this man get his knowledge/wisdom and his power to do the wonder-causing deeds?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “and went to his own village. And there in the worshipping place, he taught the people there. The people who listened to him were amazed. They said, ‘Who taught him? Why does he know how to do miracles?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “and returned to the town where he grew-up. He went to teach in the synagogue, and those who heard were surprised and they said, ‘Where did this-one get his wisdom and power to do amazing-things?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “He returned home to the town of Nazaret where he grew up. When he was there again, he taught in their worship-place. Those who heard were really amazed. They were saying, ‘Where did this fellow get this understanding/wisdom of his? How can he do the amazing things?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “He came to Nazareth, which was the town in which he grew up. He went to the church to teach the people. The people were astounded at the words he spoke and they said: ‘How did he come to know these things that he knows? How can he do miracles?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)