<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://www.sargonco.com/Uploads/Public/article/webdistut/javascript/jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#btn1").click(function(){
        alert("Text: " + $("#test").text());
    });
    $("#btn2").click(function(){
        alert("HTML: " + $("#test").html());
    });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<p id="test">This is some <b>bold</b> text in a paragraph.</p>

<button id="btn1">Show Text</button>
<button id="btn2">Show HTML</button>

</body>
</html>

This is some bold text in a paragraph.