Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 19:24:

• Uma: “I also say: it is easier for a camel to go through the hole of a needle that for rich people to submit to God so that he becomes their King.’ [NOTE in Back Translation: the load word ‘camel’ is clearly marked as an animal by a classifier.]” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Yes, I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye (lit. hole) of a needle than for a rich person to be willing to be ruled over by God.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “I tell you that he can’t do it. It’s easier for the animal camel to go into the hole of a needle, rather than for a rich person to submit himself to God that he might be ruled.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “I say furthermore that it is easier for a camel (kamel) to enter the hole of a needle than for a rich person to be included in God’s ruling.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “And I will say this to you also. It’s easier for a big kamelyo animal to pass through the eye (lit. bored-hole) of a needle than for a rich (person) to be able to enter the kingdom of God.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “It is clear that it is very hard for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. But I tell you that it is even harder for a rich man to let himself enter the hand of God.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 19:25:

• Uma: “When the disciples heard those words of Yesus, they were very surprised, they said: ‘Oh, if it is like that, who can [emphatic] receive good life forever!'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “When his disciples heard this, they wondered very much and they said, ‘If it is like that, who can then go to heaven?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when the disciples heard this, they were very surprised, and they said, ‘If it’s not possible for a rich man, then it isn’t possible for anybody to come to own life forever.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When his disciples heard that, they were extremely surprised and they said, ‘If that’s how-it-is then, who perhaps can be saved?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “The disciples were really amazed when they heard that. Therefore they enquired, saying, ‘Well if it’s like that, that it’s hard for the rich who have great means to be saved, well whoever can be saved? Isn’t it so that nobody can?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Upon hearing the word which Jesus spoke, the learners were fearful in their minds. They said: ‘It seems, then, that no person can have his soul saved,’ they said.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 19:26:

• Uma: “Yesus looked at them and said to them: ‘If with the ability of mankind, certainly no-one. But as for God, there is nothing that he is not able [to do].'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then Isa looked at his disciples and said, ‘For mankind it is really not possible, but for God, nothing is difficult for him. He can do anything.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus looked at them saying, ‘It really isn’t possible for a person, but it is possible, by contrast, for God to cause a person to come to own life forever because he can do everything.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jesus looked-intently at them and said, ‘As for people, they are not do able to do this, but as for God, he is-able-to-do everything.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Jesus looked-straight-at them and spoke saying, ‘There really is nothing at all that a person can do which can save him. But as for God, he can do all things. He is the one who can save people.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Jesus looked at his learners and said: ‘For people, they cannot save their souls. But for God, he can do whatever he wants to do because nothing is impossible for him.'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 19:27:

• Uma: “From there, Petrus spoke up too: ‘But we, we have left behind all/everything in order to follow you (sing.). What reward/return will we receive?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “So-then Petros spoke, ‘Look at us,’ he said, ‘we have left everything and we are following you. What is our reward?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Peter said, ‘Look, we’ve left all of our possessions so that we might follow you. What will be paid to us?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then Pedro said, ‘And as for us (excl.) now? What will we (excl.) enjoy/gain? Because we (excl.) left everything so-that we (excl.) would become your (sing.) disciples.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Pedro spoke, saying, ‘Well as for us (excl.), who have left everything and followed/obeyed you now, well what will be given-in-reward to us?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Peter said to Jesus: ‘As for us, we have left everything we owned to follow you. What is coming to us?'” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 19:28:

• Uma: “Yesus said: ‘Indeed I say to you [plural]: in the future when God makes everything new, I the Child of Mankind sit on the beautiful seat ruling. At that time, you here who follow me, you will also sit on twelve seats governing the twelve tribes of Israel.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Isa said, ‘Truly I tell you, when I, the Son of Man, will sit to rule in the new world, you, my twelve disciples, will also sit to rule over the twelve tribes of Isra’il.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus said to them, ‘It’s true this I say to you; I, The Older Sibling of Mankind, I will be powerful in the future in my ruling when everything is made new, and you also, my disciples, you will be able to rule the descendants of the twelve children of Israel.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘Yes granted,’ said Jesus, ‘and it’s true moreover what I say to you that when this earth is made-new, the importance and power of me who am Child of a Person will become-known, because I will sit-down on my throne to rule. And you also who are my disciples, there will be twelve thrones for you to sit-down on to judge the people who are descended from the twelve children of Israel.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Jesus replied, saying to them, ‘This which I will say to you is the truth, that when heaven/sky and the world will be made new by God, I who am the One From Heaven Born of Man/human will now reign in really-far-from-ordinary glory. And then you twelve disciples of mine, you will then be my companions in this controlling/ruling of mine of my people who are like the descendants of the twelve natural-sons of Israel.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Jesus said to them: ‘Truly I tell you that on the day everything becomes new, that is the day on which the Man who came from heaven will sit on his chair to rule. Then you who follow me, there where there are twelves chairs you will sit to judge over the twelve groups of the descendants of Israel.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 19:29:

• Uma: “Whoever leaves behind his relatives, his father or his mother, his children or his home or his garden, because of following me, he will definitely receive a reward/return a hundred times, and he will also receive goodness of life forever.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “If a person leaves his house or his brothers and sisters or his mother and father or his children or his land (fields), if he leaves these because of his love for me, God will reward him richly (lit. cause-much), and he will be given life without end.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And whoever has left his house, his sibling, his father, his mother, his child, and his land because he follows me, he will reap a hundredfold multiplication of that which he has left. And besides that, he will be given life forever.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Whoever leaves his house, his siblings/cousins, his father and his mother, his children and his land because of his being joined to me, he will receive one hundred times more than the worth of what he left-behind and he will also join-in-inheriting life that has no end.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “And whoever is able to leave (implies leave when necessary, not total desertion) his household, his siblings, parents and his children, or his livelihood, just because of his serving me, he really will receive one hundred times as much (lit. one hundred doubles), and he will be given life without ending too.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Who all have left their homes, who have left their siblings, who have left their fathers, who have left their mothers, who have left their wives, who have left their children, who have left their lands in order to follow me, will a hundred times more like it find than what all they left. In the day which is to come they will be given lift forever.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Matthew 20:1:

• Uma: “Yesus said: ‘When God is/becomes King, its happening is like this parable: The owner of a grape field went looking for people who wanted to work in his field. Very early in the morning he went walking, he met people,” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “‘The ruling of God is like this. There was a man who owned a large piece of land planted with grape vines. One day early in the morning he went to look for people to work on his land.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Jesus said, ‘The rule of God in heaven is like a person who has some vine plants called paras. And he went out early to find people he would pay to work in his grape field.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Jesus said, ‘God’s ruling can be compared to the owner of a field-of-grapes (henceforth vineyard) who went-out at daybreak to go look-for day-workers (lit. to-be-paid-a-daily-wage).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “There was something else Jesus used as an illustration, saying, ‘The kingdom of God is like this. When it was still very early morning, the owner of an ubas plantation got up and looked for casual-workers.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “God in heaven will pay wages. He is like a man who went early to hunt for workers to pick his grapes.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)