How to get only direct text without tags with jQuery in HTML

Question

I\'ve got an HTML:

1)TEXT THAT I ONLY NEED
some par
..

I need only

Answer 1

var element = $('#element');
var tags = element.find('*');
tags.remove();
var plainText = element.text().trim();
alert(plainText); // prints TEXT THAT I ONLY NEED

  1)TEXT THAT I ONLY NEED
  
some par
  
..

Fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/2b5dh4xc/