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HTML
<input type="button" value="test" onclick="test()">
JavaScript
function test(){
var errors = "<span id='id1'>Value 1</span><span id='id2'>Value 2</span><span id='id3'>Value 3</span><span id='id4'>Value 4</span><span id='id5'>Value 5</span>";
var result = $(errors).filter("#id3").text();
alert(result);
}