Contemporary English Version
The kingdom of heaven is like what happens when a shop owner is looking for fine pearls.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls.

Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls.

like.

Matthew 16:26 For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

Matthew 22:5 But they neglected and went their ways, one to his farm and another to his merchandise.

Proverbs 3:13-18 The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold: . . .

Proverbs 8:10,11,18-20 For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it. . . .

seeking.

Job 28:18 High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.

Psalm 4:6,7 The light of thy countenance, O Lord, is signed upon us: thou hast given gladness in my heart. . . .

Psalm 39:6,7 Surely man passeth as an image: yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up: and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things. . . .

Ecclesiastes 2:2-12 Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived? . . .

Ecclesiastes 12:8,13 Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity. . . .