Matthew 13:45

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Job 28:18

The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it. Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Let us all listen together to the end of the discourse. Fear God, and observe his commandments. This is everything for man.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all is vanity!

Matthew 13:24

He proposed another parable to them, saying: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

Matthew 13:46

Having found one pearl of great value, he went away and sold all that he had, and he bought it.

Matthew 16:26

For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, yet truly suffers damage to his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Matthew 22:5

But they ignored this and they went away: one to his country estate, and another to his business.

Matthew 7:6

Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not cast your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they may trample them under their feet, and then, turning, they may tear you apart.