html – Extract part of inner text from a div using jquery

How do i extract the text part of a div leaving out text of inner html tags

Here is the div

<div class=\"MessageBox\">I want to see only this message<span....>Click Here to collapse</span></div>

Here is the jquery inside a javascript function

var message=  $(\".MessageBox\").text();

Right now i am getting

message= \”I want to see only this message Click Here to collapse\”

I want message =\”I want to see only this message\”

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