Bible story about fellow deserving forgiveness (10)
I believe the answer is:
pardonable
'bible story about fellow deserving forgiveness' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'bible story about fellow' is the wordplay.
'bible story' becomes 'parable' (I've seen this before).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'fellow' becomes 'don' (both can mean an academic).
'parable' placed around 'don' is 'PARDONABLE'.
(Other definitions for pardonable that I've seen before include "likely to go unpunished?" , "venial" , "That may be forgiven" , "not deserving censure" , "Excusable" .)