Exegesis:

eis oikon (cf. 3.19) literally ‘into a house’: Translator’s New Testament ‘to His home’; Goodspeed ‘home’; Taylor ‘indoors.’ If the usage here is the same as that in 3.19 and 2.1 the meaning is ‘(his) home.’

epērōtōn (cf. 5.9) ‘they asked.’

parabolēn (cf. 3.23) ‘parable’; here in the sense of ‘figure,’ ‘illustration’ (Gould suggests ‘riddle’).

Translation:

Entered the house and left the people poses a problem in some languages if translated literally, for one would assume that Jesus left the people before entering the house, or at least in entering the house he left the people. The Greek text indicates that ‘he entered the house, away from the people,’ meaning ‘he went into his home, away from the people.’ The equivalent in other languages may be ‘when he had gone into his home and the people were no longer with him.’

For disciples see 2.15 and for parable see 3.23.

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on the Gospel of Mark. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1961. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .