And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked of him the parable.
And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.
And when he had entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked of him the parable.
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.