Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 19:8:

• Uma: “Yesus said: ‘Musa allowed you to divorce, because of your hard hearts [i.e., stubbornness], you are unteachable. But really, it was not like that from the beginning.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Isa said, ‘Because you are stubborn (lit. you do not want to follow teaching) that’s why Musa allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning it was not like that.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘Moses allowed you to separate from your wives because you reject his teaching. However long ago when everything was created, God did not permit a married couple to divorce.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jesus also said, ‘Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your mind/thoughts, but God’s purpose at the first was different.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Jesus again answered, saying, ‘Because of the hardness of your heads, that’s why Moises permitted you to divorce your wives. But the origin of it really wasn’t like that.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Jesus replied and said: ‘Moses gave permission to make out a paper of divorcement, but it was because the people were very tough in mind, therefore he gave it. But in the beginning that was not the way God had determined people should do.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 19:9:

• Uma: “So that you know, whoever divorces / separates-from his wife and marries another woman, he is committing adultery [emphatic]. Only if his wife is committing adultery is he allowed to divorce her.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “I tell you, whoever divorces his wife and his wife did not do bad/commit adultery, and he marries another one, he commits adultery.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “That’s why I say to you that if there is a man who divorces his wife, and he, the man, has not committed adultery against by his wife, and then he gets married again, this man sins against his first wife because of that getting married again.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “I thus say to you that the man who divorces his wife except if she committed-adultery (lit. manned-with), he commits-adultery (lit. womans-with) if/when he marries another.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “That’s why this is what I am saying to you today, whichever man will divorce his wife for whatever cause, except she has been compromised by another man, and then he marries another, he has really acted immorally. And like that indeed, whoever marries the woman who has been divorced, he also has acted immorally.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “I tell you that the man who divorces his wife and it wasn’t because of fornication, then when the man again marries another woman, that man sins. If the woman who was thrown aside marries, then she commits sin with the man she marries.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 19:10:

• Uma: “From there, his disciples said to Yesus: ‘If thus the difficulty of the customs of marriage, it is better to not marry.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then his disciples said to him, ‘If it is like that with married people, it is better not to get married.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the disciples of Jesus said, ‘If this is what happens to a married couple, then it is better if people don’t get married.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then Jesus’ disciples said to him, ‘If it is like that that a spouse can’t-be-divorced, it is better not to (lit. that we (du) not) get-married.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Jesus’ disciples spoke saying, ‘Well if it’s like that evidently for a man with his wife, it would be better just not to marry.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “The learners then said to him: ‘It would be better if a person doesn’t get married then,’ they said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

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

• Uma: “Yesus said: ‘Not all people can receive that word/speech. But there are people whom God has determined/made-certain, so that they do not marry.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “But Isa said, ‘Not all can follow that, except only those who are given the strength by God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘There are people whom God has decreed for them that they do not marry if they are a man, and they are not married if they are a woman. And it is good for them, but it is not good for all.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jesus said further, ‘It is admittedly true that there are people to whom God has given the ability to not marry, but the ones he didn’t give it to, they are not able-to-endure this that you said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied saying, ‘That saying can only be received by those whom God has determined to be able to receive it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “But Jesus again spoke to them and said: ‘Concerning this word I speak, it doesn’t mean that all people must be married. Rather the people whom God wants to be married are the ones of whom I speak.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 19:12:

• Uma: “There are people who do not marry because they were like that from their birth. There are also those who do not marry because of the deeds/doings of other people. There are also those who do not marry because of their own desire, so that they have the opportunity to work the work of God. Whoever is able to follow this teaching, it is good if he follows it.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “There are different reasons why men do not marry. Some people cannot marry because they have a fault/deficiency from birth. Others have been castrated by people. Others do not marry because they only think about working for God. Whoever is able to follow it, should follow this my teaching.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because people’s reasons are not the same why they don’t marry and are married. And some, they don’t marry or are not married because that’s the way they were born. And others also, because someone caponized them. And others, they don’t marry or aren’t married so that they might obey what God has commanded them concerning his ruling. The person who can accept not being married, it’s good if he does accept it.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “The reasons that a person is not able-to-marry are varied. Some are born as if they were castrated, some were castrated by their fellow people, and still others, they do not marry so that they will be single-minded (lit. make-one their mind/thoughts) in their serving God in his ruling. The one-who-is-able to follow this, he should follow it.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Because there are different reasons why there are men who don’t marry. As for some, it’s the way they are for there is something congenitally lacking in their body. As for others, this lack in their body is the doing of others. There are yet others who don’t marry so that they can really apply themselves to their teaching about the kingdom of God. Well, whoever is able to receive this saying, it would indeed be good for him to receive it.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “There are men who are not able to be married. Because there are men who when they were born were not able to live with women. And there are men who are castrated. And there are men who do not marry in order that they work well in the work of God who is in heaven. But whoever is able to be married should do like the word I speak.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 19:13:

• Uma: “One time, there were people who brought/carried their children to Yesus so that he could touch them and pray for them. But his disciples got angry at those people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then some people brought their children to Isa so that he would place his hands on them and ask good/blessing on them from God. But the people were scolded by the disciples of Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There were some children that people brought to Jesus so that he might lay his palms on them and invoke a blessing on them. But these people were forbidden by Jesus’ disciples.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “On one-occasion there were those who brought their children to Jesus to put-his-hands-on and pray for them. His disciples forbid it,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “One day there were some people who brought little children to Jesus, for they were asking that he pray for them placing hands on them. But they were rebuked by the disciples.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “People brought their children to Jesus so that he would place his hands on the children’s heads and ask God to bless the children.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 19:14:

• Uma: “Yesus said to his disciples: ‘Let those children come to Me, do not forbid them. For it is people who are like them who become God’s people in his Kingdom.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “But Isa said, ‘Let the children come to me, and do not oppose them. For people like the children are willing to be ruled over by God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “But Jesus said, ‘Let the children come here. Don’t you forbid them, for the person who has trust like the trust of a child, he is the one who can let God rule over him.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “but Jesus said to them, ‘Permit that the children come to me. Don’t forbid (it), because the ones like these are the ones who will be added to God’s ruling.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “However Jesus spoke, ‘Don’t forbid the children to come here to me. Just leave them alone. Because humble ones like these children, they are the ones who are acceptable to become subjects of the kingdom of God.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Then Jesus said: ‘Let the children come here to me. Because these children are like those who are in the hand of God.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 19:15:

• Uma: “From there, he touched those children, and blessed them. After that, he went away from there.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then he placed his hands on them. And then he left.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus laid his hands on the children and he invoked a blessing on them. And when he finished that, he left there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then he put-his-hands-on them blessing them, and then he went-away.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, he prayed for them laying hands on them, and then went.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Jesus placed his hands on the heads of the children. Afterwards he left from there.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)