'Tried' in the Bible

John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him because he wasn’t following us.”

"You should not have tried to hinder him," replied Jesus, "for there is no one who will use my name to perform a miracle and be able the next minute to speak evil of me.

They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

A young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth. They tried to arrest him,

They tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.