Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:1:

• Uma: “One time, some Parisi people with teachers of the Yahudi religion from Yerusalem met Yesus. They confronted him they said:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then some Pariseo and teachers of the religious law from Awrusalam went to Isa and they said,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then there were Pharisees and teachers of the law from Jerusalem who came to Jesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “On one-occasion, there were some Pharisees and teachers of the law who went to where-Jesus -was who came-from Jerusalem. They inquired of him,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Once there came to Jesus some Pariseo and explainers of law who came from Jerusalem. They questioned him saying,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Some Pharisees and teachers of the law who were from Jerusalem came to where Jesus was and asked him a question. They said:” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:3:

• Uma: “Yesus said: ‘How about you, why do you transgress the commands of God in your following your own customs!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Isa answered he said, ‘Na, you, why do you not follow the commandments of God in order to follow the teachings of your forefathers?” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus asked them also, saying, ‘You also, why is it that through your obeying the doctrines left behind by your ancestors you break the law of God?” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jesus answered and said, ‘And as-for you, you also break the command of God so that you will follow your customs.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied, saying, ‘Well, why do you also break the law of God because of these handed-down teachings of yours?” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Jesus also asked them a question and said: ‘How about yourselves, concerning the word commanded by God, how come you ignore it in order that you do the words you have yourselves determined?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:4:

• Uma: “God says: ‘We (incl.) must honor our (incl.) father and mother.’ And he also says: ‘Whoever curses his father or mother must be killed.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “For God commanded he said, ‘Honor your father and mother’, and ‘Whoever speaks bad to/about his father or mother, he shall surely be killed.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “For God said, ‘Respect your father and your mother.’ And he said also, ‘If anyone insults his father or his mother, he must be killed.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Because the command of God says, ‘Honor your (sing.) father and your (sing.) mother,’ and ‘If someone speaks-evil-of his father or his mother, it-is-necessary that he die.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “For isn’t it so that God commanded, ‘Honor your (sing.) father and your (sing.) mother,’ and ‘Whoever speaks evil to his father or mother, what is fitting for him is that he be killed.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “For God spoke to the people and said: ‘Honor your father and honor your mother.’ Also he said: ‘Concerning the person who speaks against his father or speaks against his mother must be punished and put to death,’ he said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:5:

• Uma: “But you teach like this: We (incl.) don’t need to honor our (incl.) mother and our father, as long as we (incl.) say to them like this: ‘What is appropriate that I give to you, parents, I have already offered to God.’ So, the Word of God you do not pay attention to. You make-big your own customs instead.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “But you,’ said Isa, ‘in the law that you simply made up, you say that, if a person says to his father or mother, ‘I don’t have anything to help you with, Father or Mother, I have given my wealth already to God,'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But you teach that if there is a person who has anything that he can help his mother and his father with, you permit him to say to them, ‘This that I might have helped you with, I cannot give it to you because it now belongs to God.’ ‘” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “But what you are teaching, it is wrong/different. Because you say that if there is something-a person ought-to -use-to-help his father or his mother, it’s-OK if he doesn’t give it. So long-as he makes-excuses to them saying, ‘What I should have used-to-help you, I already promised to offer it to God.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “But you (pl.) teach that as long as a person just says to his father or mother, ‘Well there’s no longer anything I can give you (pl.) to take care of you, for I’ve set it aside as my gift to God,'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Yet you have taught the people that a person can say to his father or his mother: ‘As for me, father, mother, I cannot give you what you need. Because all that I possess I have given to God.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:6:

• Uma: “But you teach like this: We (incl.) don’t need to honor our (incl.) mother and our father, as long as we (incl.) say to them like this: ‘What is appropriate that I give to you, parents, I have already offered to God.’ So, the Word of God you do not pay attention to. You make-big your own customs instead.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “it is alright even if he does not help his parents. In that your doing you do not consider the commandment of God because that is what you follow the teaching of your forefathers.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘And then,’ said Jesus, ‘according to your teaching it is no longer necessary that he give any help to his parents. This is your way so that you don’t have to obey the word of God, so that what you obey is your own teaching.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “And you say that if that’s what he says, it’s-OK if he doesn’t respect his plural father (i.e. father and mother) by giving what they need. Because of that custom you are following, you have-caused-to-be (strong rebuke particle) useless the word of God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “well, (it’s okay) even if he no longer honors his parents by looking after them. Therefore as for the word of God, you really are replacing it with these handed-down teachings of yours.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “When thus it is said by the person, then you do not make him take care of his father or mother. Thus is seen that concerning the word God commands, you do not think it is worth anything. Because concerning the customs made up by the old-time people are what you think are most important for you to do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:7:

• Uma: “Your following of God is just on the outside! Very true the words of the prophet Yesaya long ago that foretold of you, like this its sound:” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “You pretend to follow God but you don’t. It is really true what was written by Nabi Isaya about you, it says,” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Your belief in God is only deceit. How true is the word of God written by the former prophet of God, Isaiah. He prophesied about you for he said,” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “You hypocrites! This that God said is true that Isaias prophesied concerning you saying,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “You are just pretending to believe-in/obey God. Really true is what was spoken by the prophet Isaias in the past about you, which was the word of God saying,” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “It is not true that you obey God. What you do is to do like the word written by the spokesman Isaiah when God said:” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 15:8:

• Uma: “God says: ‘Those people just honor me in their lips, their hearts are far from Me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “‘These people, they honor me with their mouths but in their liver they do not follow me.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘These people, says God, they say that they respect me, but there is no belief that has entered into their breath.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘These people, they worship me with their words, but their thoughts/minds are far from me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “‘The serving and worshipping of me by these people is only superficial (lit. on the beak), there being no truth to their holding dear of me.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “‘These people, when they speak, really seem to respect me. But it is not true that with their hearts they worship me.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)