'Prevent' in the Bible
But John tried to prevent him, saying, "{I need} to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"
John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone expelling demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us."
But Jesus said, "Do not prevent him, because there is no one who does a miracle in my name and will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me.
And [when it] was day, he departed [and] went to an isolated place. And the crowds were seeking him, and came to him and were trying to prevent him from departing from them.
And John answered [and] said, "Master, we saw someone expelling demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him, because he does not follow in company with us."
But Jesus said to him, "Do not prevent [him], because whoever is not against you is for you."
[He] ordered the centurion [for] him to be guarded and to have some freedom, and in no way to prevent any of his own [people] [from] serving him.
So then, my brothers, desire to prophesy, and do not prevent speaking with tongues.