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 Mark identifies Jesus as ""the son of the carpenter"" (more accurately, the people of Bethlehem do this). As Jospeh is the carpenter (""tekton"" in the Greek), there's no contradiction. The idea that God was Jesus' father developed later, as the idea that Jesus was the ""son of God"" changed from its original Jewish meaning to a Greco-Roman interpretation.103.23.134.199  "