And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

And when he went indoors from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

And when he entered into a house from the multitude, his disciples were questioning him about the simile,

After He had left the crowd and gone indoors, His disciples began to ask Him about this figure of speech.

And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

When he had entered into a house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.

And when he had entered into the house, away from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable.

When Jesus went indoors, away from the crowd, his disciples began questioning him about this saying.

The parable - The "obscure" and difficult remarks which he had made in Mark 7:15. The word "parable," here, means "obscure" and "difficult saying." They could not understand it. They had probably imbibed many of the popular notions of the Pharisees, and they could not understand why a man was not defiled by external things. It was, moreover, a doctrine of the law that men were ceremonially polluted by contact with dead bodies, etc., and they could not understand how it could be otherwise.

And when he was entered into the house,.... Very probably at Capernaum, and it may be the house of Simon and Andrew, where he used to be when there:
from the people; being separated from them, having dismissed and left them, when he and his disciples were by themselves alone:
his disciples asked him concerning the parable; that saying of his to the people, which was somewhat dark and intricate to them; that nothing without a man going into him defiled him, but what comes out of him: this was asked by Peter, in the name of the rest; See Gill on Matthew 15:15.