Bible Browser: Mark 6 - Mark 6:17-29, the account of the beheading of John the Baptist. RSV. www.stg.brown.edu/templates/pbcgi?sourceform=pbform.shtml&searchstring=Mark+6%3A17-29&searchtype=fetch&boolop=and&version=rsv&nodup=word&maxhits=50&from=&to=&mode=paragraph
Bible Browser: Matthew 14 - Matthew 14:3-12, in the Revised Standard Version, tells the story of the beheading of John the Baptist. www.stg.brown.edu/templates/pbcgi?sourceform=pbform.shtml&searchstring=Matt+14%3A3-12&searchtype=fetch&boolop=and&version=rsv&nodup=word&maxhits=10&from=&to=&mode=paragraph
For All the Saints - Entry for the feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist also relates the tradition about the translation of his relics. users.erols.com/saintpat/ss/0829.htm#john