Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 12:32:

• Noongar: “‘My little people, don’t be afraid, because your Father happily gives you the Kingdom of God.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “‘You who follow me, you are not many. But even so, do not be afraid. Because God your Father chose you from his grace [lit, white insides], he made you his people in his Kingdom.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “‘You my disciples,’ said Isa, ‘do not be afraid even if you are few. Because your Father God is happy that you are ruling as he does.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “As for you, my disciples, don’t be afraid; even though you are just a few, your Father God, He wants that you should rule just like He rules.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “‘Do not moreover be afraid, even though you are few, because God has decided that you will have-a-part-in his ruling.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “‘Don’t be afraid, you whom I am looking after who are like a little flock of my sheep. Because it really is your Father’s pleasure, his determining that he will make you subjects of his kingdom.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Gurung: “O my little party, don’t be afraid, because God your Father considers it good to cause you to obey his words and to bless you.” (Source: Warren Glover in The Bible Translator 1978, p. 231ff.)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 17:20:

• Noongar: “Some Pharisees asked Jesus when the Kingdom of God would come. Jesus said, ‘The Kingdom of God doesn’t come in a way that eyes can see.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Several Parisi people asked Yesus, when God would come be King in the world. Yesus said: ‘The Kingdom of God does not start with visible signs.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “One day the Pariseo asked Isa as to when God would rule over his people. He answered them he said, ‘There is nothing to be seen when God starts his ruling.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “One day at that time there were some Pharisees who asked Jesus, ‘When will take place that ruling of God over people, that you have been talking about?’ And Jesus answered, ‘People will not be able to see its fulfillment.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “On one-occasion there were some Pharisees who went to ask Jesus when the beginning of God’s ruling would be. Jesus said, ‘There is no sign that will show when the beginning of God’s ruling will be.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Once Jesus was asked by the (pl.) Pariseo when the kingdom of God would be set up. Jesus replied, ‘His kingdom won’t be seen with the eye when it comes.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Gurung: (combined with verse 21 “Eye cannot see when God will rule. People will not say “Look, the kingdom of God is here!” or “There it is!” because the kingdom of God is right now in front of you. Seeing the deeds God is doing through me you can understand that God is king.” (Source: Warren Glover in The Bible Translator 1978, p. 231ff.)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 18:24:

• Noongar: “Jesus saw the man was sad and Jesus said, ‘How hard for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven!” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Yesus saw that he was sad. That is why he said: ‘It is very hard for people who have many goods to submit to God so that He becomes their King.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Isa saw that the man was sad and he said, ‘It is really very difficult for the rich ones to want to be ruled over by God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Jesus looked steadily at him and Jesus said, ‘It’s very difficult for a rich man to submit himself to God so that God might rule over him.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When Jesus saw that he was sad, he said, ‘It is hard for a rich-person to be included in God’s ruling.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Jesus observed that that person was grieved. That’s why he said, ‘It is really very hard for the rich to be included in the kingdom of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Gurung: ” . . . How difficult it is for a rich man to submit to God.” (Source: Warren Glover in The Bible Translator 1978, p. 231ff.)

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

• Noongar: “People heard Jesus, so Jesus spoke again, telling them another story. Now Jesus was coming close to Jerusalem, people said perhaps the Kingdom of God soon might come.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Yesus had almost arrived in Yerusalem, that is why many people said that the time had really almost come for God to become King in the world. So, while the people were listening to his words, he also added onto his words with a parable.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “While the people were listening to what Isa was saying, he also told them a parable for they were already close to Awrusalam and they mistakenly-thought that when they arrived there, God would begin his rule over the people.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for those people who heard these words of Jesus, he told them a parable. They were near to the city of Jerusalem, and because of this, the people thought that Jesus would now begin to rule.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Then Jesus related this parable to those who were listening to him, because they were close to Jerusalem and they thought-mistakenly that the beginning of the ruling of God was near.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, those people there in the house of Zaqueo who heard that talk of Jesus, he caused them to hear an illustration which he added on. He did like that because he was now close to Jerusalem, and people mistakenly-thought that he would at that time set up the kingdom of God and would now rule their land.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Gurung: ” . . . people were thinking, ‘When Jesus reaches the capital city the time of God’s ruling will probably come.’ But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, told this story in order to let them understand well about the time of God’s ruling.” (Source: Warren Glover in The Bible Translator 1978, p. 231ff.)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:16:

• Noongar: “So I tell you, I will not again eat with you, only when the truth of all these things becomes known in the Kingdom of God.'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Because so that you know: I will no longer eat the Paskah food that is like this, until the meaning of this feast is fulfilled when God becomes King in the world.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “For I tell you, after this I will not eat this again. I only will eat it again when God rules already over his people and when it is fulfilled what the real meaning of this feast is.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Because it’s true what I say to you, I will not again eat the Passover supper until the time in the future when its true meaning is fulfilled when God rules over mankind.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Because I tell you that I will not again join-in-eating at a fiesta like this until what-it-signifies is fulfilled in the ruling of God in heaven.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “For what I will say to you is really true that I won’t eat this again until what is alluded to by it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Gurung: ” . . . When people eat the feast in heaven, the meaning of this festival will be fulfilled. And until this festival is fulfilled I will not eat its meal.” (Source: Warren Glover in The Bible Translator 1978, p. 231ff.)